Mailing Lists

Full help is available through the mailing list manager. The following is a brief outline of the procedures for setting up and using a mailing list.

Creating a new list

Go into the control panel
Mail menu Lists (bottom of page)
Add list
Enter list name and password
The list will be created.
Click on "Go back" at the bottom of the list creation page.

You will now see a list of all your current mailing lists.

Click on Edit next to your new mailing list.
This will take you into the mailman administrative program.
Enter the password for the list you created.

The mailing list manager will let you change all aspects of your mailing list.

The public list page

Each list has a public page that lets your users subscribe to the list. This can be accessed through a URL in this format which you can link from your main web site: http://216.171.65.115/mailman/listinfo/listname_domain.com

Subscribing people to your list

You can either subscribe people to the list through the list manager or put a form on your web site through which they can sign up themselves.

The public list page also contains a form to allow people to subscribe to your list. You can easily make a copy of this HTML to add to any page on your web site. Here is an example to help you (Remember to replace the list name and domain in the form action to those of your list and domain or it will not work).

This HTML:

<form method=POST action="http://216.171.65.115/mailman/subscribe/listname_domain.com"> <p>Your email address: <input type="Text" name="email" size="30"> <br> Pick a password: <input type="Password" name="pw" size="15"> <br> Reenter password to confirm: <input type="Password" name="pw-conf" size="15"> <br> Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? <input type=radio name="digest" value="0" checked> No <input type=radio name="digest" value="1"> Yes </p> <input type="Submit" name="email-button" value="Subscribe"> </FORM>

Produces this form which can be adapted to your needs:
For example, you can make fields that are not required "hidden" and change the design to fit into your web page.

Further Information

For further information on Mailman see these web sites:

Unofficial Mailing List Managers Manual

Mailman Home Page