Lyris User's Guide
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Table of Contents
· Introduction
· Email Commands
· Web Interface for Users
· Server Administrator
· Site Administrator
· · Overview of Site Administrator
· · Site Admin Menu
· · Site Info
· · Topics
· · Mailing Lists
· · · Mailing Lists First Page
· · · Basic Information
· · · World-Wide-Web Urls
· · · Headers and Footers
· · · · Message header
· · · · Message footer
· · · · Digest Header
· · · · Digest Footer
· · · Security for Subscribers
· · · Security of List Information
· · · Confirmations
· · · Posting Privileges and Moderation
· · · Documents
· · · Limits
· · · Email Headers
· · · Archives
· · · Error Mail Handling
· · · Informational
· · · Programming Extensions at the List Level
· · · Miscellaneous List Config Settings
· · · Limits (changeable only by site admin)
· · Site Documents
· · Site Action Phrases
· · Auto-Responder
· · Site People
· · Site Admin Log
· List Administrator
· Other Topics
· Add-On Packages
· Installing and Upgrading
· Appendix
· Frequently Asked Questions

Message footer

(optional) If specified, appends this text to the end of every mailing list message. When you create a mailing list, Lyris List Manager defaults to putting a footer at the bottom of every message which tells the recipient what email address they are subscribed with, and how to unsubscribe.

The text of the default footer is:

    ---
    You are currently subscribed to $subst('List.Name') as: $subst('Recip.EmailAddr')


    To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.UnSub')

This footer uses the mail merge fields to allow failsafe unsubscribing. See How can I use the Mail merge feature?.

You can change this footer to be anything you like, or remove it completely. You can also specify different footers and rotate through them by using the '[OR]' separator. For example, if you wanted to use one of three different goodbye phrases in the footer, it would look like this:

    <normal footer text here>
    Have a nice day!
    [OR]
    <normal footer text here>
    Thanks for reading jazztalk!
    [OR]
    <normal footer text here>
    We appreciate your membership!

In the above example, "<normal footer text here>" should be substituted with the regular text you want to include in your footer. The '[OR]' is on a line by itself for readability; it is not necessary to put '[OR]' on a line by itself.

In addition, the footer will get properly inserted inside your HTML or MIME-encoded message, because Lyris List Manager is aware of which type of message you are trying to send.

Note: If the message being sent is HTML formatted email, that any < or > characters will be "protected" and converted in < and &rt;. If you do not want this behavior, and want your < and > characters to be left intact, then you should start your header or footer definition with <HTML>.

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