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Creating Lists

You may create as many lists as your package allows.

To create a mailing list:

  1. Click the New List link under Mailing List options on the home page. This will take you to the Create Mailing list page.
  2. Enter a list name; it should be between four (4) and fourteen (14) characters. It must be alphanumeric with no special characters.
  3. Enter the list maintainer's email address. All subscribe and unsubscribe requests will be sent to maintainer of the list.
  4. Enter the maintainer's password. This password must be between six (6) and fourteen (14) characters. No special characters are allowed.
  5. Select one of the following list types:
  6. Open list

    As the name suggests, anyone may send postings to this list. All the subscribers of the list will receive emails sent to this list.

    Closed List (Subscriber-Only)

    Only subscribed users can send postings to this list. All list subscribers will receive the mails sent to the list.

    Newsletter

    Subscribers can only receive mails from the list. Only the maintainer may post to the list. Emails sent to the list that are not from the maintainer will be received by only the maintainer.

    Moderated list

    All emails sent to the list will be sent to moderators for approval, before posting to subscribers.

  7. Click Add List to save changes.
  8. You will see a page with the options available for the list, concerning subscribing, unsubscribing, and sending emails.