Setting Up a Mailing List

To set up a mailing list:

  1. Go to Home > Mailing lists.
  2. Click the Switch On icon in the Tools group to start up the mailing list service.
  3. Click Add New Mailing List.
  4. Specify the desired name for the mailing list.

    This can be, for example, a department name, a topic of the mailing list, or any other text in Latin symbols. The name should be short enough to remember. It can comprise alphanumeric, dash, dot and underscore symbols.

  5. Specify the password that will be used for administering the mailing list.
  6. Specify the mailing list administrator's e-mail.
  7. Leave the Notify administrator of the mailing list creation check box selected.

    You will receive instructions on using and managing the mailing list at the administrator's e-mail you specified. Keep that message for your records.

  8. Click OK.

To configure the mailing list:

  1. Go to Home > Mailing lists.
  2. Click the icon next to the desired mailing list's e-mail address.

    A login screen opens.

  3. Type the list administrator's password and click Let me in .

Alternately, you can access the mailing list configuration the following way (on Linux hosting):

  1. In your Web browser, enter the following URL: http://lists.<your-domain.com>/mailman/admin/<listname> (where <your-domain.com> is your domain name, and <listname> is the name of the mailing list (that is, the left part of the mailing list's e-mail address before the @ sign).

    A login screen opens.

  2. Type the list administrator's password and click Let me in .

To post a newsletter issue or other information to the mailing list, send it by e-mail to the mailing list's e-mail address. All subscribed users will receive it.