What Are Members?
Members are the email addresses of people who may receive your mailings.
When a person asks to join your list, ListManager records the email address and additional information about the person, such as name and password, in its database. If you'd like to store additional demographic information about members, the server administrator may add additional fields to the members_ table.
An email address may remain a member of a list, even if its member status is inactive--for example, if the member unsubscribed, or is on hold due to delivery issues.
Duplicate email addresses may not be added to a list, though the same email address may be a member on many different lists.
The total number of members you may have is determined by your license. Contact your account representative at sales@lyris.com if you'd like to increase the number of members you may have.
Add Members
Members usually join a list by filling out a web form, or by sending an email message to the list's join address.
But administrators can also add single new members, many new members, import members from a text file, or import members from a CSV file. The last option allows administrators to update data for members.
View Members
The View Members table displays the email addresses of your members. You may click on an address to edit the member, or view a member's history to see what mailings that member has received and what actions the member has taken.
The View Members table is also where you may search for individual or groups of members, and then edit or delete them.
Ban Members
ListManager can automatically deny subscription requests and postings from addresses you specify when you ban them. Bans prevent addresses from being imported by administrators as well, so you are certain that people who have complained about receiving your mail are never inadvertently re-added.
Delete Members
Use Delete Members if you have a list of email addresses you need to remove. You can also delete individual members from the View Members screen.
For information about your list's membership, see Reports: Members.
Synchronization Settings
ListManager can synchronize its data with other data sources using ODBC. These settings determine how ListManager will create, edit and delete members, and according to what schedule.
Synchronize Now
Synchronizes members with your external data source. Generally, this synchronization will occur according to the schedule you establish in your Synchronization Settings. But you may synchronize immediately here.