Changing Your Subscribed Listserv Address

Introduction

When your email address changes, your subscriptions to mailing lists, including Listserv lists at Texas A&M, will need to be updated to use your new address. This is not an automatic process, and must be done manually. This document will describe several ways of changing your email address on Listserv.

In order for these methods to work, you must still have access to your old email address. If you have no access to your old email address, then you will need to request an address change from the list owner. If none of these methods work, please contact Help Desk Central at helpdesk@tamu.edu. 
   

Changing your email subscription using an email command

The simplest way to change the email address you are subscribed to a list with is to send a command from your current email address. To change your email address from JoeAggie@tamu.edu to JoeAggie@email.tamu.edu, you will need to send the command from your @tamu.edu address.

1. Send an email to the address listserv@listserv.tamu.edu from the email address JoeAggie@tamu.edu.
    
2. Leave the subject line of your email blank.
    
3. There are two ways to change your sending address
    
   1. To change the subscribed address for all lists you are subscribed to, the body of the message should read:
      
             CHANGE * JoeAggie@email.tamu.edu
        
   2. To change the subscribed address for only one list you are subscribed to, the body of the message should read:
      
             CHANGE LISTNAME JoeAggie@email.tamu.edu
      
      NOTE: This will only change the subscribed address for the list you named in the LISTNAME section of the command.

4. A confirmation message will be sent to your new address. You will receive 1 confirmation message for each list you are subscribed to. You will need to click the confirmation link in each message to confirm the address change.
      

Changing your email subscription using the Listserv web interface

You can change your subscribed email address through the Listserv web interface at http://listserv.tamu.edu/. This process only allows you to change your address for one list at a time, so if you are subscribed to many lists, this may be a time consuming process. Additionally, you will need to have a listserv password for the email address you are changing from. If you do not have a password for this address, simply go to the Listserv web interface, click on Manage Your Lists, then get a new LISTSERV password. To reset a current Listserv password, click on the “Change Password” button on the same screen.

This password set up process will require you to have access to the email you are changing from.

1. Go to http://listserv.tamu.edu/ and click the button that says Manage My Lists.
     
2. Log in with your current listserv address (for example, JoeAggie@tamu.edu) and the listserv password you have set up for that address.
     
3. Click the link labeled Subscriptions near the bottom right of the page.
     
4. You will see a list of the mailing lists your email address is subscribed to. Click on the list name to be redirected to the lists's page.
    
5. Click on the "hamburger icon" to the right of the list title. Select Subscribe or Unsubscribe.  
     
6. This page will allow you to set a new email address for that list in the Email Address field. Once you have entered the new address, click the Update Options button at the bottom of the page.
     
7. You will be sent a confirmation message to the new email address. Click the confirmation link in that message.
     
8. After confirming the address change, click on Subscriptions near the bottom right of the page. The list you just changed your address for should no longer be listed, since you can only see lists that are subscribed to by your currently logged-in email address.
      

If you wish to see the lists subscribed to by your new email address, follow the Listserv password creation instructions for your new email address, and then you can log into http://listserv.tamu.edu/ with your new address. Clicking Subscriber's Corner while logged in with the new email address will display your subscribed email lists.
   

Contacting the list owner

If you are unable to use either option above to change your subscribed email address, you will need to contact the owner of the list you need to change your subscription for. To do this, send an email to LISTNAME-REQUEST@listserv.tamu.edu and request the subscription change. Replace "LISTNAME" with the name of the specific list you are needing to change your subscription for.