How does Lyris List Manager fulfill this service?
Lyris List Manager runs on your computer. You, as the administrator, create mailing lists with Lyris List Manager, and Lyris List Manager takes care of all the details of making it
work.
For Discussions:
When people want to join a mailing list that you are running with Lyris List Manager, they either send a "subscribe" email message to Lyris List Manager, or
they fill out the "join" form on the Web. People contribute to the discussion by sending email to the discussion group email address which Lyris List Manager maintains, or by filling out the "create
a new message" form on the web using the Lyris List Manager Web Interface. When a new message is contributed, each member of the discussion receives the message in the manner that they specified.
Some people receive every message immediately, in their email. Others receive a nightly "digest" of all the messages. Still others elect not to receive any email, and prefer to read the messages
on the Web using the Lyris Web Interface. You can also choose to require an administrator to approve (moderate) messages before they are sent to the group, so that you can determine if they are
appropriate.
For Announcements Lists
The process for announcements lists is similar to that for discussions (see above), except only approved people are allowed to send messages to the
group. This could be just you, a number of people in your organization, or specific people you choose. Frequently with announcement lists, you will want to "import" in bulk a list of email
addresses that should be members of the initial mailing list. Lyris List Manager will also do this for you. After you import your initial list membership, members can then easily subscribe and
unsubscribe themselves.
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