Part 8: Announcement list settings

Announcement and email marketing lists are one-way lists from the administrator to the list members.

If you requested an announcement or email marketing list, your list will already have the basic settings appropriate for that kind of list. Test your list, and see if these default settings are right for you. If there's something not quite right, you can use this section to help fine-tune your settings. Not all settings are covered here — just the ones that you'll find most useful.

If you have questions about any of the settings, click on the icon in the corner of every list setting page.

How to adjust settings

Click on the Utilities tab, then List Settings. You now have access to the numerous list settings that may be modified:



See below for a description of the basic features and how you can adjust them:

"Hello" and "Confirm" documents

"Hello" and "Confirm" documents may be selected in Utilities: List Settings: Basic Information: Documents:



For more information about these documents and how they work, see subscription messages.

Security: who can join the list?

You can change the Security status of a mailing list at any time by going to Utilities: List Settings: New Subscriber Policy: Security:



By default, your list is Open, meaning anyone can join. Generally, list owners want their lists to be open so that they can get as many members as possible. If you'd like to limit who can join your list, you have a number of other options:

A Private mailing list prevents anyone from finding the mailing list from joining immediately. When they attempt to join, (either by email or using the web interface) a List Administrator will have to approve their request to join before the person becomes a member.

A Closed mailing list is one in which non-members are not able to apply for membership. If a request for membership arrives by email, it will be automatically denied.

A Password protected mailing list allows anyone who finds this mailing list can join (either by email or using the ListManager web interface) and will be automatically approved only if they know the password.

For instance, you can start out as an Open mailing list (so that anyone can join) and then become a Private mailing list (so that new members must be approved by a List Administrator).

Security: who can post to the list?

By default, an announcement or email marketing list is set so that only list administrators can post to the list. Furthermore, all mailings sent to the list must be approved by an administrator before being sent to the list. We STRONGLY recommend that you do not change this setting! Otherwise, someone could send to your list by "spoofing" your email address (changing the email address in their message to be yours). However, if you would like to change this setting, go to Utilities: List Settings: Email Submitted Content: Approval.

Also access individual list member settings to modify message approval status.

Delivery and subscription reports

You can see delivery and subscription information about your list in Reports. However, if you'd like to have reports emailed to you, you may select them in Utilities: List Settings: Basic Information: Reports:

What's next?

• Part 9: Discussion list settings
• Part 10: Adding your members
• Return to the Getting Started main page