Mailing List Overview
Mailing lists are a good way to send a message or series of messages to many people
at once. Some people use mailing lists for newsletters, while others use them for
product updates or discussion groups. A mailing list is similar to a user alias,
but has much more functionality.
To manage the mailing lists for your domain, click on the Domain Settings menu and choose
Mailing Lists. This will take you to a page that lists all of the mailing lists
in the domain.
Adding a List - Click on the New List button to add a new mailing list. This
will show the Mailing List Settings page. More information can be obtained
in the help topic List Settings.
Editing a List - To edit the general settings of a mailing list, click on
the name of the list.
List Name - The name of the mailing list.
Description - The description that was entered for the mailing list.
Moderator - The user responsible for the list.
Delete Link - Click on this link to delete the corresponding list. A confirmation
page will appear. Note: Once a list is deleted, it is not recoverable.
Digest Overview
Digest mode is another method of receiving posts to a mailing list that reduces
the number of emails that get received. Subscribers to your list may choose digest
mode rather than normal mode if they would prefer to get summary emails of the list
conversations rather than an email for each post.
Note: Digest mode for a list must be enabled before it will function. It can be enabled
in List Settings.
Digests can be configured in such a way that they send when a certain amount of
time has passed, or when certain thresholds are met (number of posts or combined
size of the posts, for example). For more information regarding digest settings,
please see one of the topics below.
Actions Menu
- List Settings - This item has the same effect as clicking on the list name.
It will allow you to edit the settings of a list. For more information, see the help topic List Settings.
- List Subscribers - Subscribers are those email addresses that will receive
copies of every email posted to the list. For more information, see the help topic List Subscribers.
- Digest Settings - Digest mode settings can be modified from here, including
how frequently list digests are sent. For more information, see the help topic Digest Settings.
- Digest Subscribers - The digest equivalent of Subscribers. For more information, see the help topic
more info.
- Poster Whitelist - Email addresses entered into the poster whitelist may
post to the list in addition to those defined in General Settings. For more information, see the help topic
Poster Whitelist and Blacklist.
- Poster Blacklist - Email addresses in the poster blacklist will not be permitted
to post to the list. For more information, see the help topic Poster Whitelist and Blacklist.
- Subscription E-Mail - The contents of the subscription email are sent to
new subscribers. For more information, see the help topic Subscription E-Mail.
- Help File - When a command is sent to the list serv command address, and
it is formatted incorrectly, or when an email is sent to the list that is not permitted,
the help email is sent to the user. For more information, see the help topic Help E-Mail.