In this tutorial, we're going to go over how to approve a message to send to your class using a TAMUDirect mailing list.
Let's review what happens when you send a message using TAMUDirect. First, you send an email to a TAMUDirect mailing list. Next, you get an email from the mailing list manager, called Sympa, asking you to verify the message. If the message is good to go, you confirm the message, and it gets delivered. If there's a problem with the message, you can reject it, and it gets deleted.
Now, let's see how this process works.
After you send an email to a mailing list, you'll receive a message that looks like this. It has instructions for approving the message, and for rejecting it. You also get a copy of your original email as an attachment, so you can check it.
If you use an email client like Microsoft Outlook or Novell GroupWise, simply click the "distribute" link to approve the message, or click the "reject" link to delete it. A pre-addressed email automatically opens and you click Send.
If you're using a webmail client like TAMU Email or Gmail, open a new email and address it to sympa@groups.tamu.edu.
Copy DISTRIBUTE mylist and this long string of characters into the subject field. Leave the message body empty and send the email. To reject the message, you'll copy REJECT mylist and this long string of characters into the subject field, and click Send.
That's it. If you approved the message, it now gets delivered to everyone on the mailing list. You'll receive a notification that your message was delivered.