CommunityData:Email

Email Aliases
The following email aliases exist for communication among the CDSC members:


 * collective-uw@communitydata.cc — Current CDSC research faculty, staff at UW.
 * collective-nu@communitydata.cc — Current CDSC research faculty, staff at Northwestern.
 * collective@communitydata.cc — Members of the two previous "collective" lists.

There are also individual aliases. For example, you can email mako@communitydata.cc and it will get to Mako.

Adding/Updating Email Aliases
To be added or removed from a list, contact either:


 * Nate TeGrotenhuis 
 * Jeremy Foote 
 * Benjamin Mako Hill 
 * Aaron Shaw 

Technical Notes for Adding/Updating Email Aliases
Email for communitydata.cc is managed on nada.com.washington.edu. Anybody with root (i.e., sudo privileges) can add or update an alias by following the following steps:


 * Use a text editor of your choice to open the file  on nada.com.washington.ed as root.
 * To add a new alias, simply add a new line with (a) the full email address of the alias, (b) tab, (c) the full email address of the the destination. For example:
 * mako@communitydata.cc   makohill@uw.edu


 * Save the file and exit your editor.
 * Run the following command as root:

You can just run this one command to do it:

ssh -t nada.com.washington.edu "sudo vim /etc/postfix/virtual; sudo postmap /etc/postfix/virtual"
 * 1) !/bin/bash