Using the mailing lists

Growth and Poverty

Economic
Opportunity

Risk and
Vulnerability

Global Trade

Science and
Technology

Public Policy and
Expenditure

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The Department for International Development's overall aim is to reduce global poverty and promote sustainable development, in particular through achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

USING THE MAILING LISTS

Joining a list

To join a mailing list, fill in your name and email address on the subscription page, tick the lists you want to subscribe to, and click the Subscribe button.

For each mailing list that you select, you will receive an email message from Majordomo@kingfisher.gre.ac.uk, with a subject line of ‘Confirmation for subscribe <mailing-list-name>’.

Follow the instructions in each of these messages to confirm your subscription. You will then receive a welcome message, and you will be able to send and receive messages from the mailing list.

Sending messages to the list

Once subscribed, you can send messages to a list by addressing an email to
<mailing-list-name>@kingfisher.gre.ac.uk. The mailing list names are:

growth-and-poverty
economic-opportunity
risk-and-vulnerability
global-trade
science-and-technology
public-policy-and-expenditure

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Replying to a message – please check the reply address

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When you click the Reply button in your email software, you will probably find that the To: address is filled in with address of the sender rather than the address of the list.
If you want to send your reply to the list — so that all subscribers receive it — change the To: address to the mailing list address.

If you want to reply privately to the sender of the message, leave their address in the To: box.

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Send an email to "Majordomo@kingfisher.gre.ac.uk". The body of your message should be:

unsubscribe <mailing-list-name> <your-email-address>

Do not include anything else in the body of the message. You will need to do this for each mailing list that you subscribed to. The email address must be the same one that you used to subscribe with.

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