Next we suggest reviewing your list settings. Depending on what the goal of your list is, the features needed for the mailing list to work effectively will differ. For instance, a different set of features is needed if the group wishes to discuss an issue to come to a consensus, as opposed to a group who all receive announcements of new classical music recordings.

The default list settings will be appropriate for a one-way announcement list. The list will be configured so only administrators may send email to the list. If members reply to the message, their responses will go to the message’s author. Messages sent to the list must be approved before they will be sent. The list settings may be changed later in the Utilities: List Settings menu. You may want to fine-tune these and other settings.

Below are links to documentation for the most commonly modified settings.

New Subscriber Policy

Control how people join your list:

-Specify whether new subscribers must confirm their memberships by responding to a confirmation message, or confirm when they unsubscribe.

-Determine how secure your list is—can anyone join? Do they require a password, or is it private? Or can members only be added by an administrator? Can people subscribe by email, or only through the ListManager web interface?

-Specify who can or cannot join your list.

Email Submitted Content

Control what mailings look like when sent via email to the list. These settings are not in effect when sending through the ListManager administration web interface in most cases.

-Specify what text wrapping should come at the beginning and end of every message sent via email to the list.

-Determine what security should be in place for email posting. Specify whether messages can be sent via email, and who can send to the list.

-Specify whether approval is required for email submitted messages.

-Specify what additions and revisions to the header should be made, such as the default From:, To: and Reply To: headers.

Automatic Maintenance

Keeps your server running smoothly by removing bad email addresses:

-Specify when members should be held (no longer delivered to) due to delivery problems.

-Specify how frequently to purge inactive members from the database.

Users' Web Interface

Determine how you'd like your list to work if list members access it through the ListManager web interface:

-Specify message reading settings: who can see the list's messages, and what methods they may use.

-Specify new membership requirements if subscribing through the ListManager web interface.

Discussion Group Features

Determine settings primarily used in discussion groups (those where recipients can also send messages to the list):

-Specify how the message looks: whether or not to prepend the list's name to the Subject: line, or whether postings can be anonymous

-Specify posting security: who can write to the list, and who can see the list of members.

ListManager Documentation

Have the basics down? Ready to move on?

-ListManager Documentation