Approving Mailings

There are two methods to approve (or moderate) a message: via the web interface or via email. You can also test or schedule messages through the Mailings: Approval: Need Approval page in the web interface.

If you are moderating a discussion list (where members submit mailings to the list), the Approval Wizard helps you work quickly as you approve and delete mailings in the order in which they were submitted. You also have the option of deleting mailings with feedback so contributors know why their mailing was rejected.

The Approval Summary gives you an overview of all of your other lists to approve. You are also taken to the Approval Summary once you have completed approving messages for the list you're logged into.

Approving Via the Web Interface

1. In the left Navigation bar, click Mailings, point to Approval, then click Need Approval.

2. Click on the number next to a particular message to review it.

3. Click Send Nowto send it immediately. Or, you may test the mailing, or schedule it to be sent at a future time.

4. Select Delete Now to delete the mailing. To send a message to the sender explaining why a mailing was deleted, select Delete With Feedback.

Approving Via Email

If you moderate yourself (recommended for security reasons) you will receive a modification notification from Lyris ListManager for any messages sent to the list via email.

The message you receive will contain the following (with a different number code, this is just an example):

To approve this message reply, delete everything up to where it says "login" and replace yourpassword with your password.

To reject the message put your password above the "moderate reject..." line, instead of the approval command.

Note: Do not replace login with your name or anything, just replace yourpassword with your password above either the approve or reject command. Your response will look something like this:

Note that these numbers are just an example; the numbers in the messages you receive will always be different. You will receive a message from Lyris ListManager confirming the message was either accepted or rejected.