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    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.

    Subscription type

    MailEnable can control how subscriptions are handled.

    Setting

    Description

    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.

    List members come from datasource You are able to configure a list to retrieve members from a database query. You cannot update members or view them in the administration. When you select this option you will be shown a Configure button that, when clicked, allows you to specify the details of the database lookup. As long as the query you enter returns the email address as the first column in the results, then the list service will use this for the member address.

    Posting permissions

    MailEnable can control who can post to a list.

    Setting

    Description

    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. This is not available when using a datasource for the list members.

    Posting to this list requires a password

    Password protects the list. To send an email to a password protected list, members need to enclose the password in square brackets and colons. So it would have something like [:password:] in the subject line. The password is removed from the subject when the email is published to the list. The list service does not decode MIME encoded-word subjects, which may occur from some clients if non-ASCII characters are used in the subject. If you find emails with the correct password are being denied, try using only ASCII characters in the subject.

    Reply options

    These options determine who should receive responses when a recipient replies to a post.

    Setting

    Description

    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.

    List subject prefix

    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.

    Setting

    Description

    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.