E-Mail Listserves Setup

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  • DaCurryman
    Member
    • Mar 2004
    • 34

    E-Mail Listserves Setup

    I was wondering if anyone could help me on how to set-up a listserv on my domain. Basically, I'm setting up this group and I want to add people's names to the list so that I can basically have two listserves. I want one where only I can e-mail out stuff (like admin stuff) and another addy where they can e-mail each other, so I would need two addy's (i.e. list1@mydomain.com for admin e-mails to group and list2@mydomain.com for convos between the group). I'd also like to have personal subject leads. So if someone sends an e-mail w/ subject "Hello All" everyone will receive a message with subject like "[title] Hello All" making it easy for people to set-up mail filters on their end and identify the messages.

    If anyone can help me with this, that would be awesome. Thanks in advance.
  • -Oz-
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2004
    • 545

    #2
    I have no idea how to help you, but I will warn you that people have been suspnded for having mailing lists that were so big it used a lot of CPU power, andrew will have to tell you whether this is a good idea or not.
    Dan Blomberg

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    • piku
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2004
      • 153

      #3
      Originally posted by -Oz-
      I have no idea how to help you, but I will warn you that people have been suspnded for having mailing lists that were so big it used a lot of CPU power, andrew will have to tell you whether this is a good idea or not.
      if its just for a small group of people i'm pretty sure its ok. but anyways, mailman setup is pretty easy on what you want to accomplish...

      -login to your cpanel account of the domain you wish to use
      -EMAILS
      -MAILING LISTS
      -ADD MAILING LIST
      -enter LIST NAME and PASSWORD (for admin), pick the domain/subdomain of the account
      -click CREATE
      -go back to main MAILING LIST page
      -EDIT the mailing list you just created
      -LOGIN using the password you created

      mailman is setup by default as a TWO-WAY mailing list, aka. a listserv. i think there's an option so that you can only make it ONE-WAY where you can only send the list emails. or it could just be PRIVACY OPTIONS.

      HTH
      my signature was deleted. i miss my signature-filled-with-helpful-dathorn-links *sniff*sniff*

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      • Frank Hagan
        Senior Member
        • Mar 2004
        • 724

        #4
        Mailman will work either as a listserv, or as an "announcement only" list where any responses go back to the author rather than to the list itself. The options are pretty clear as you go through the configuration screens.

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        • DaCurryman
          Member
          • Mar 2004
          • 34

          #5
          Wow...thanks for the responses. I'm going to try that out.

          As for the CPU concerns, I don't think it will be a problem...the list will only have like 12-15 people on it I think.

          Also, does Mailman have the ability to do the subject header I was looking to do?

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          • Frank Hagan
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2004
            • 724

            #6
            Yep, you specify the name of the mailing list, and it prepends that name in square brackets to the subject line:

            [Mylist] Important Announcement

            That's what it looks like.

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            • DaCurryman
              Member
              • Mar 2004
              • 34

              #7
              I'm having trouble finding the option to make it announcement only.

              Also, I want it to be where the users cannot subscribe. Only I can add them or change their e-mail addy. Can people help me do this?

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              • man4life
                Junior Member
                • Apr 2004
                • 1

                #8
                list.org

                Check out http://www.list.org/docs.html for help with Mailman.

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