How to Unsubscribe from a Majordomo List

Majordomo Mailing List (Open/Closed)

Requests to unsubscribe to a specific mailing list must be sent from the email address used for the mailing list. That is, if you subscribed from your student email account on Fallon, you must send the unsubscribe request from that same account.

To unsubscribe from a Majordomo list hosted by the unr.edu server:

Recommended: Use Twilgiht Wolfmail or Fallon Webmail

  1. Compose new email message to majordomo@unr.edu
  2. Do not specify a Subject: (leave blank)
  3. Type the following two lines into the message body:
    • unsubscribe "listname"
    • end
    (Do not include any other text or signature file)

Alternate method: Secure Shell

  1. Login to Twilight via a secure shell (telnet) session.
  2. Open Pine (email).
  3. Compose a message (C)
  4. Address to majordomo@unr.edu
  5. Do not specify a Subject: (leave blank)
  6. Type the following two lines into the message body:
    • unsubscribe "listname"
    • end
    (Do not include any other text or signature file)
  7. Send message (using ^X). You will receive confirmation if the message is accepted.
  8. Exit Pine
  9. Logoff Twilight

IMPORTANT: Make sure you send your email in text mode only. Do not use web- or browser-based email unless you have disabled any mime or HTML features. The Majordomo program is very simple and does not understand anything other than basic commands in simple text format.

The process used to unsubscribe from mailing lists and list services hosted by other servers (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) will be similar, depending on the type of list.

If you try to unsubscribe from a list and get error messages, forward the entire error message to the University's Help Desk, help@unr.edu, for assistance in figuring out the problem.

Typical reasons for error messages include:

  • The unsubscribe request was sent from a different address than the one recorded in the list service.
  • The unsubscribe request included a signature, HTML, or was sent mime encoded.