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(See Section <A HREF="node9.html#sec:web">3.1</A> for instructions on how to do this.) <P> </LI> <LI>Look for the password changing boxes on the right-hand side of the page and enter your new password in the appropriate boxes, then press the button marked ``Change My Password.'' </LI> </OL> <P> This can also be changed for multiple lists at the same time if you are subscribed to more than one list on the same domain. See Section <A HREF="node34.html#sec:global">10.1</A> for information about changing settings globally. <P> From the email interface: <OL> <LI>Send a mail to <span class="email">LISTNAME-request@DOMAIN</span> with the command <var>password <SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" SRC="img1.gif" ALT="$<$"></SPAN>OLDPASSWORD<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" SRC="img2.gif" ALT="$>$"></SPAN> <SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" SRC="img1.gif" ALT="$<$"></SPAN>NEWPASSWORD<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" SRC="img2.gif" ALT="$>$"></SPAN></var>. <P> Commands can appear in either the body or the subject of the message. (See Section <A HREF="node10.html#sec:email">3.2</A> for more information about sending mail commands.) <P> If you are not sending mail from your membership address, you can also specify this address with <var>address=<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" SRC="img1.gif" ALT="$<$"></SPAN>ADDRESS<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" SRC="img2.gif" ALT="$>$"></SPAN></var> after <SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" SRC="img1.gif" ALT="$<$"></SPAN>NEWPASSWORD<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" SRC="img2.gif" ALT="$>$"></SPAN>. <P> For example, if <span class="email">kathy@here.com</span> wanted to change her <var>mylist</var> password from <var>zirc</var> to <var>miko</var>, but she was sending mail from her work address <span class="email">kathy@work.com</span>, she could send a message to <span class="email">mylist-request@example.com</span> with the subject set to <var>password zirc miko address=kathy@here.com</var>. </LI> </OL> <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <div class='online-navigation'><hr /> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="6.1 How do I" rel="prev" title="6.1 How do I" href="node16.html"><img src='previous.gif' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="6 Passwords" rel="parent" title="6 Passwords" href="node15.html"><img src='up.gif' border='0' height='32' alt='Up One Level' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="6.3 How do I" rel="next" title="6.3 How do I" href="node18.html"><img src='next.gif' border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - List Member Manual</td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="contents" title="Table of Contents" rel="contents" title="Table of Contents" href="contents.html"><img src='contents.gif' border='0' height='32' alt='Contents' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.gif' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> </tr></table> <div class='online-navigation'> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node16.html">6.1 How do I</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="node15.html">6 Passwords</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node18.html">6.3 How do I</A> </div> </div> <hr /> <span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on 7 October 2003.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>