CommunityData:Email
From CommunityData
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
You can just run this one command to do it:
#!/bin/bash ssh -t nada.com.washington.edu "sudo vim /etc/postfix/virtual; sudo postmap /etc/postfix/virtual"