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 <nathante@uw.edu>
• Jeremy Foote <jdfoote@u.northwestern.edu>
• Benjamin Mako Hill <makohill@uw.edu>
• Aaron Shaw <aaronshaw@northwestern.edu>

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 /etc/postfix/virtual 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: postmap /etc/postfix/virtual

I use this single command to do it:

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