MailEnable contains a list server that enables people to subscribe and unsubscribe to a list. A list is a online discussion group or information mailout, where emails are sent out to all the members. People are able to post to the list, and the server will duplicate their email and send it out to all the members.
List name
The name of the list. This determines the address that people email to in order to post to the list. You can see the full email address for the list at the bottom of the General property page.
Select domain for this list
The domain used for the list name.
Enable list help
Enables help for the list. If someone posts to the list with the subject of ‘help’ they will receive an email with details of what commands the list server will accept.
Send from
Determines the From address which will be used for all emails coming from the list. This can be either the moderators email address or the list address. This does not determine where the reply goes.
List moderator
The email address of the moderator. When a list is moderated, all the emails that are posted are sent to the moderator. It is the job of the moderator to decide whether or not the email is to be posted. Only emails coming from the moderators email address will be posted to the list.
List is disabled
Disables the list so no one can post to it.
Enable list help
Enables help for the list. If someone posts to the list with the subject of ‘help’ they will receive an email with details of what commands the list server will accept.
List Type
Determines whether the list is moderated or not. If moderated, you need to enter a moderators email address.
Description
A description of the list. This is displayed in the Administration program to allow you to easily see what a list is about.
MailEnable also provides advanced list configuration options. These options can control who can post to lists, where list replies should be directed, who can subscribe to lists and the format of any subject prefix that is applied to posts.
MailEnable can control how subscriptions are handled.
Anyone can subscribe to this list via email
Allows people to subscribe to the list by sending the word “subscribe” as the subject of an email to the list.
E-mail subscriptions are not permitted for this list
Stops people from subscribing to the list. List members can only be added through the administration program.
E-mail subscriptions need to be confirmed
Enforces a subscription confirmation code to be returned to the list for successful subscription. When this option is enabled a subscription code will be sent out after a message has been sent to list with “SUBSCRIBE” in the subject field of the message. The user then needs to reply to list using the confirmation code that was sent out to him/her to successfully subscribe to the list.
MailEnable can control who can post to a list.
Anyone can post to this list
Anyone is allowed to send a message to the list.
Only subscribers can post to this list
The list will only accept posts from email addresses that exist in the list.
Posting to this list requires a password
Password protects the list. To send an email to a password protected list, users need to enclose the password in square brackets and colons e.g. [: and :]
These options determine who should receive responses when a recipient replies to a post.
Subscribers reply to the list
The reply to address is set to the list address, so when users reply to a message that gets sent from the list, their email gets sent to the list.
Subscribers reply to the posters address
The reply to address is set to the email address of the sender, so when users reply to a message sent from the list, their email is sent to the person who made the original post.
Subscribers reply to the moderators address
The reply to address is set to the moderators email address, so when users reply to a message sent from the list, their email is sent to the moderator.
Some lists place a prefix in the subject of the list messages. This allows subscribers to filter the messages that are dispatched to them via the list server. These options can control the prefix that is appended to the subject of messages that are dispatched to list subscribers.
Subject is prefixed with the name of the list
The list name, enclosed in square brackets [ and ] is added to the start of the subject line of emails posted to the list.
Subject is not altered
Subject is not altered for any messages posted to the list.
Subject should have the following prefix
Specified text is added to the start of the subject line for all emails posted to the list.
Header
This text is added to the top of every email when the Attach header checkbox is selected. Professional and Enterprise Editions can specify text or HTML format.
Footer
This text is added to the bottom of every email when the Attach footer checkbox is selected. Professional and Enterprise Editions can specify text or HTML format.