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The Mailing List option, once installed, allows you to create and manage your
own mailing lists, which is an efficient way of communicating with many people at one time.
Installing Mailing List
You create and manage your mailing lists using the Mail Manager
option. But you first need to install Mailing List on your site. You do this by using the Mailing List option.
How To Install Mailing List:
From the Control Panel, select the Mailing List option. The Mailing List Manager displays.
Select the Install Mailing List button. A message appears indicating your mailing list will be set up in approximately ten minutes.
Creating a Mailing List
Once the Mailing List program is installed, use the Mail Manager option to create your mailing lists.
How To Create a Mailing List:
From the Control Panel, select the Mail Manager Option. The Mail Manager
opens, this time with the Mailing List links displayed.
Select the New List link. The Create a New Mailing List screen displays.
In the Mailing List Name, type the name of your mailing list then click on the Add
button. A new screen displays, indicating the list is created with instructions for subscribing to and unsubscribing from the mailing list.
Select the Home link. This opens the main Mail Manager page and
refreshes the display so that the mailing list you just created appears on the left.
Managing a Mailing List
Once a Mailing List is created, you need to set that list up within Mail
Manager. The setup of a mailing list determines what kind of function it will serve, who will manage the list and specific information about the appearance of the list.
How To Manage a Mailing List:
From Mail Manager, under the Mailing List section, the name of your
newly created list appears. Select the list by single-clicking on it. The Edit Mailing List page for the selected list displays.
There are several different options for editing the mailing list. Each will
be covered separately in the following procedures. The remainder of this procedure will discuss the screen displayed above.
Enter the e-mail address of the person be in charge of maintaining the list in the Maintainer’s email address field.
Enter a password for that person in the Maintainer’s password field.
In the remaining field, enter the maximum number of messages allowed to be stored in the archive of the mailing list.
How To Manage a Mailing List—Mailing List Manager:
From the Edit Mailing List page, select the Mailing List Manager link. A page titled X Command
displays, and the name of the mailing list you are editing appears near the top of the screen.
Many of the fields on this screen are actually commands that you can perform on your mailing list. You simply select the command you would
like to use, fill in the appropriate information and then select the Execute Xcommand button to make the change occur.
If you have not already set up the Maintainer e-mail and password on the Edit Mailing List
page, enter that information in the appropriate fields on this page.
If you would like to have either the list of subscribers or the list log
e-mailed to you (as the maintainer), enter the e-mail address in the Maintainer e-mail field and the maintainer password in the password field, then select either Show List of Subscribers or
Show List Log. If you would like to clear out the list log, complete the Maintainer e-mail and password fields and select the Wipe List Log. Once your
selections have been made, select the Execute Xcommand button to perform the action. An e-mail message will be sent to the e-mail address entered in the Maintainer e-mail
field including the results of the action you selected.
To look up a specific e-mail address in the list of your mailing list subscribers, click on the Select list of subscribers for a near match
option, enter the address for which you are searching, and select the Execute Xcommand button to perform the search. Results will be e-mailed to the address in the Maintainer e-mail
field.
If you would like to directly subscribe or unsubscribe a user from the mailing list (rather than having the user do it), select either the
Subscribe or Unsubscribe option, enter the desired user’s e-mail address in the e-mail field and select the Execute Xcommand button.
A confirmation message will be sent to the address listed in the Maintainer e-mail field.
How To Manage a Mailing List—Administer the Mailing List:
From the Edit Mailing List page, select the Administer mailinglist link. A page titled Administer Mailing list – mailinglistname
displays.
Enter the maintainer’s e-mail address in the Maintainer/Moderator Email Address field.
Select the option that accurately describes the purpose of your list. The choices are:
- Newsletter: A Mailing List created as a Newsletter will only be
usable by you as the moderator. Others will not be able to send mail to be distributed by the list. It is a good way to distribute one message to many of your mailing list subscribers.
- Subscriber-Only List: Only people who deliberately subscribe
to the mailing list can send mail to or receive mail from the list.
- Moderated List: The mail from the list is screened and if
appropriate edited or deleted before being allowed to be sent to all subscribers to the list.
Select the Change List button. The following message displays.
How To Manage a Mailing List—Deletion:
From the Edit Mailing List page, select the Delete Mailinglist link.
Select the Delete button.
A message will display indicating that the mailing list was deleted.
Uninstalling Mailing List
How To Remove the Mailing List Program:
From the Control Panel, select the Mailing List option. The Mailing List Manager
displays indicating the Mailing List program is installed on your account.
To uninstall the mailing list program, select the Remove Mailing List
button. A message displays indicating the program will be removed within approximately ten minutes.
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