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5. If the list is being requested by a student, a contact who is a staff or faculty member at SU must be designated. The contact should be someone familiar enough with the student group to advise the List Manager in the event that the owner leaves the University, is no longer reachable, and has not named a successor. The contact should be able to identify a new owner if the list is to be continued. Otherwise the list will be deleted.
http://its.syr.edu/listserv/policy.cfm#contents
Costs
There is no charge for listserv services provided at SU. ITS funds the costs of hardware, software, and staff support for this service. We will not host external lists for a fee. There are commercially operated FREE list hosting services that are readily available, including Yahoo Groups, and coollist. There is a catch, however, in that the lists you run there are subject to advertising. If this is unacceptable, then a fee-based hosting service is an alternative. A good one is Lsoft Ease. http://its.syr.edu/listserv/policy.cfm#contents
Owner responsibilities
Manage daily activities of their lists
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A local list called "listowners" is maintained where owners may get help from other SU list owners. In addition, an Internet-wide list named "lstown-l" covers topics primarily of interest to owners of large lists. You may subscribe to either through http://listserv.syr.edu.http://its.syr.edu/listserv/policy.cfm#contents
List Manager Responsibilities
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List owners may get consulting support from List Manager by emailing listown@syr.edu. List Manager should be contacted with requests for changing list parameters or solving list problems. Listmgr will refer questions from subscribers to the appropriate list owner. If the owner needs help, then he or she should contact List Manager directly through email. http://its.syr.edu/listserv/policy.cfm#contents
Policy on List Renewal
Lists may be removed if there is no posting activity for six months. The List Manager will normally attempt to contact an owner prior to deletion, but we reserve the right to remove inactive lists without notice. Any list owner may also request that a list be removed.
If the list owner's email address is no longer valid, the list is considered "orphaned". List Manager will make a reasonable effort, time permitting, to determine if the owner simply changed addresses or has left the University. If the owner cannot be contacted, the sponsor for the list will be contacted to determine whether the list should be deleted or a new owner designated. If the sponsor cannot be located, the list is subject to being deleted summarily. http://its.syr.edu/listserv/policy.cfm#contents
Policy on Transfer of Ownership of Lists
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List Manager will verify that the transfer request is legitimate and notify the new owner when the change has been made. http://its.syr.edu/listserv/policy.cfm#contents
Policy on Deleting Lists
Current list owners who no longer have a need for a list should request that the list be deleted. There is a Delete List form available for this purpose. Since only List Manager can delete lists, the form automatically sends the request to List Manager. Submitting the form also causes an email message to be sent to the requester for confirmation. The requester must reply to the message before the list will be deleted by List Manager. Upon deleting the list, List Manager will notify the requester that the request has been fulfilled.
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If a list has multiple listowners, List Manager may act with discretion to ensure that all the list owners are in accordance with the request to delete the list.http://its.syr.edu/listserv/policy.cfm#contents
List Backup Policy
All lists are backed up daily. This is includes the list headers (configuration profiles) and the subscriptions, as well as any associated files and archives. Lists will be restored from backup upon request from the listowner. The messages that are transacted on a non-archived list are not saved and therefore cannot be restored.
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The messages of some lists are archived for reference purposes. These archives will not be altered in any way by List Manager. Requests to make an exception to this policy will be considered, but granted only when it can be compellingly demonstrated that harm to the University or members thereof will be avoided by doing so. http://its.syr.edu/listserv/policy.cfm#contents
Violations of Computer Use Policy
In cases where lists are misused to harass or offend subscribers or otherwise violate acceptable computer use policies, and the owner fails to take effective action, List Manager reserves the right to delete the list. http://its.syr.edu/listserv/policy.cfm#contents