The available options for a mailing list are:
The Name text box allows a human-readable name to be associated with the mailing list. This name should reflect the purpose of the mailing list in as few characters as possible while being readable. The List Name is placed in all of the messages that go out through the mailing list component of the system. (It is conventional to add an -l to the end of the list name to remind people that any message they send will go to more than one person. For example: work-l .) This is the user ID, and is like a user name.
In this field you can enter the user name of a local user who you would like to be the owner of the list.
In this field you would enter in the file name and full path to your auto-reject file. This file allows you to customize the rejection message a user will receive if they attempt to subscribe to a list, which is set to automatically reject membership additions. This file must be a plain (ASCII) text file and may have no extended characters.
The password field allows you to specify a password, which must be used with remote email administration of a list.
When a footer file is specified, the contents of this file will be included at the end of every message, which is sent through the mailing list. This is handy to include such information, such as instructions on how to unsubscribe from the mailing list or other similar pieces of information.
To set a footer file, type in the name of the text file you wish to use as well as the full path to that text file. This file can only be plain text and cannot contain any extended characters.
This field allows you to specify a title for your mailing list. This title will appear in the subject line of messages being posted to the list as long as Include List Title in Subject Line is checked.
This is the full name and path of the file where all list access can be logged. To enable this logging, you also need to check Log List Access.
The welcome file allows you to specify a customized message, which will be sent to all members who have newly subscribed to the mailing list. This file must be plain text and contain no extended characters.
Note: The welcome file will not be sent to members who have been added manually through the Web-based administration utility. It will also not be sent if the list is set to Moderated Join.
If this option is selected, mailing list digests will be allowed. This setting only specifies whether or not a user can be subscribed to a list in digest mode. If this is selected, users will still need to be configured to receive digests from the list.
If you do not want a list to grow larger, this option allows SLmail to inform all would-be subscribers that their request to join the list has been denied. Members still can be added manually.
If the Bulk Mailing List Messages option is enabled, messages from various members of the list may be grouped together and sent in a single package shortly after midnight.
Mailing lists may be open or closed. Anyone may send mail to an open mailing list. Only members of the mailing list may send mail to a closed group. SLmail creates mailing lists as closed by default.
If this option is selected, the sender's presence will not be shown on the mailing list. This setting can be independently adjusted for specific users, and in this area, only controls what settings will be selected for new subscribers by default.
If this option is selected, users will only receive messages from the list in digest format. This setting can be independently adjusted for specific users, and in this area, only controls what settings will be selected for new subscribers by default.
If this option is enabled, the subject line of all mail received by members of the list will be prefaced by the name you specified in the Include Subject Title field. This will allow recipients to recognize mail from the list.
Note: A colon (:) followed by a space is used automatically.
If you choose to administer your mailing list through remote administration commands, you will need to set an Administration password. For further information on remote administration commands, please refer to the List Server Remote Commands section of this documentation.
This option determines whether or not a user can get a list of members on a mailing list using the Review command. For further information on the Review command, please see the List Server Remote Commands section of this documentation.
Selecting this box will make members of a list visible through the ESMTP EXPN (expand) command.
Selecting this box will make this list visible using the remote info lists command. For further information on this command, please refer to the List Server Remote Commands section of this documentation.
This option increases the level of SLmail logging. If the option is enabled, every access to the mailing list will generate an entry in the log file specified in the Log File text box at the top of the page.
In a moderated group, the moderator (owner of the list) must review and approve or reject all mail to the list before members of the list receive it. See Moderating Posts for more information.
Note: Listserver's messages will be approved automatically. Make sure the section name for this is correct.
In a moderated join mailing list, all requests to be added to the list are forwarded to the moderator (the list owner), who must approve them before they are added. See Moderating Subscriptions for more information.
If this option is enabled, the mailing owner will automatically be informed of any moderated actions.
With this option selected, only the user listed as List Owner can post to the list.
Note: The address list as List Owner and the From address of messages sent must match or else the message will be rejected.
If this option is selected, members who post to the list will receive a copy of their message. This setting can be independently adjusted for specific users, and in this area, only controls what settings will be selected for new subscribers by default.
If this option is selected, all messages will automatically be routed to the mailing list owner.
If this option is selected, anyone who posts to the list will receive a short acknowledgment of what they submitted. This setting can be independently adjusted for specific users, and in this area, only controls what settings will be selected for new subscribers by default.
If this option is selected, only the list owner will receive a copy of all messages sent to the list.
It is sometimes appropriate to attach a standard message (such as a disclaimer, an informational message, or a signature) to all mail associated with the mailing list. The customized footer information is contained in the file specified in the Footer File field.
You may wish to send a standard greeting (perhaps a Frequently Asked Questions file) to new members who join the list. This option allows you to do so. The customized welcome message is contained in the text file specified in the Welcome File field.
If this option is selected, the Reply-To field will be set to the mailing list rather than to the sender of a message.
Note: Use extreme care with the Set Reply-To Field to Mailing List option, as it can generate more mail than you might like. If there are bad addresses on the mailing list, or if a member has an auto-responding vacation message set, those will all go to the list itself.