Utilities: Administration: Lists: New List
This page allows you to create a list quickly and easily with the settings appropriate for your type of list. You can always edit the settings later in the Utilities: List Settings menu.
Purpose of List
The purpose of list determines what the default settings Select the type of list you want to create. This selection will have a significant impact on your default list settings. The list types are:
Email Marketing
(Email sent from one person to many, with marketing features)
All list settings will be appropriate for a list intended for email marketing. The list will be configured so only administrators may send email to the list. If members reply to the message, their responses will go to the message’s author. This type of list is not available as a Newsgroup by default; in order to make this available for newsgroups, it needs to be enabled in Utilities: List Settings: Discussion Forum Interface: Message Reading. Here, in the discussion forum interface, visitors cannot read archives if they log into the interface.
Open and Clickthrough tracking is on by default for all new mailings sent from an email marketing list.
Full personalization of messages (conditional content, mail merge) is possible because full scripting is enabled for administrators. The list will accept messages from other lists as a child list. Mailing and clickthrough data will be kept forever.
Messages sent to the list must be approved before they will be sent. The list settings may be changed later in the Utilities: List Settings menu.
The list settings may be changed later in the Utilities: List Settings menu.
Announcements
(Email sent from one person to many)
All list settings will be appropriate for a one-way announcement list. The list will be configured so only administrators may send email to the list. If members reply to the message, their responses will go to the message’s author. This type of list is not available as a Newsgroup by default; in order to make this available for newsgroups, it needs to be enabled in Utilities: List Settings: Discussion Forum Interface: Message Reading. Here, in the discussion forum interface, visitors cannot read archives if they log into the interface.
Open and Clickthrough tracking is off by default for all new mailings sent from an announcement list.
Messages can be personalized because safe scripting is enabled for administrators. The list will not accept messages from other lists as a child list. Mailing and clickthrough data will be kept for 35 days.
Messages sent to the list must be approved before they will be sent. The list settings may be changed later in the Utilities: List Settings menu.
Discussion (moderated)
(Email sent to and from many people, moderated)
All list settings will be appropriate for a moderated discussion list. The list will be configured so that all list members may send email to the list. If members reply to the message, their responses will go to the list. Messages sent to the list must be moderated by an administrator. Mailing and clickthrough data will be kept for 5 days.
Unlike email marketing and announcement lists, discussion lists are available as a Newsgroup by default, and in this type of list, visitors are allowed to read archives from the list in the discussion forum interface. For discussion lists, advanced scripting/merge is off by default, so content cannot be personalized the way it is for email marketing and announcement lists. To turn it on, it must be enabled in Utilities: List Settings: For Programmers: Email Scripting.
Open and Clickthrough tracking is off by default for all new mailings sent from a discussion list. This type of list is not automatically enabled as a child list, meaning it will not accept postings from other lists.
The list settings may be changed later in the Utilities: List Settings menu. Once a list has been created, the
Discussion (unmoderated)
(Email sent to and from many people, unmoderated)
These function exactly like moderated discussion lists, with the exception that no moderation is required. Note that lists without moderation may be subject to spamming and flame wars, and are only recommended for small, self-controlled lists.
All list settings will be appropriate for an unmoderated discussion list. The list will be configured so that all list members may send email to the list. If members reply to the message, their responses will go to the list. No messages sent to the list will be moderated, unless sent by an administrator using the ListManager web interface. Mailing and clickthrough data will be kept for 5 days.
Unlike email marketing and announcement lists, discussion lists are available as a Newsgroup by default, and in this type of list, visitors are allowed to read archives from the list in the discussion forum interface. For discussion lists, advanced scripting/merge is off by default, so content cannot be personalized the way it is for email marketing and announcement lists. To turn it on, it must be enabled in Utilities: List Settings: For Programmers: Email Scripting.
Open and Clickthrough tracking is off by default for all new mailings sent from a discussion list. This type of list is not automatically enabled as a child list, meaning it will not accept postings from other lists.
The list settings may be changed later in the Utilities: List Settings menu.
List Name
Required. Single word name for this mailing list (for example, "jazztalk"). Since this name will determine the list's email address (e.g.,"jazztalk@clio.example.com"), we recommend you limit it to fewer than 15 characters. Select the list name carefully—once configured, it cannot be changed! Use only lower-case alphanumeric characters (a-z, 0-9), hyphens (-),or underscores ( _ ). Do not use spaces.
List Description
Required. A very short description of the mailing list. This description will be visible to users. Also, when email goes out from the group, this description will be in the email message. Do not use any commas or "<" or ">" characters in your description.
For example, if the Description is Jazz Discussion, the Reply-To: field for mailing list email will be:
Reply-To: Jazz Discussion <jazz-discuss@minerva.acme.com>
Admin Name
Required. The name of the administrator for this list. (Can be changed later in Members: Edit Member.)
Admin Email Address
Required. The email address of the administrator for this list. (Can be changed later in Members: Edit Member.)
Admin Password
Required. The password of the administrator for this list. (Can be changed later in Members: Edit Member.)
Recency limit
This setting excludes those who have received a certain amount of mail recently from receiving more mail. By default, ListManager will send to everyone regardless of how much mail they have received recently. Setting a recency limit for the list allows you to prevent members from receiving email if they have received the amount of mail in the number of preceeding days that you specify here.
By default, no recency limit is set. To set or edit your recency limit, click edit recency. You will be taken to Utilities: List Settings: Basic Information: Choose Recency. To remove a previously set recency setting, click clear recency.
Note that a recency limit will not be available for your first list.
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