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Topics

  • Access Your mail-list Account 2
    • How do I access my mail-list account and change the settings for my list?
    • I forgot my password
  • Subscribe 10
    • How do I subscribe somebody to my list through the Confirmed Opt-in process?
    • How do I subscribe somebody to my list without going through any confirmation process and sending them a welcome message?
    • How do I add multiple subscribers to my list silently?
    • How do I replace my existing list of subscribers with a new one?
    • How do I get my subscriber to subscribe to my list?
    • How do I setup the option to approve subscription requests?
    • How can my subscriber change their email address?
    • How do I change Acknowledgement Message when moderating subscribers?
    • How do I change Welcome Message that new subscribers receive?
    • What are the different methods to subscribe to a list?
  • Unsubscribe 4
    • How do I unsubscribe a subscriber?
    • Remove subscriber silently
    • How do I receive a notification each time a subscriber unsubscribes?
    • How do I get my subscriber to unsubscribe from my list/newsletter?
  • Delivery 4
    • How do I select a delivery mode?
    • How can I monitor delivery at the major ISP's?
    • Help, I'm getting duplicate messages from the mailing list
    • Plain or Fancy Digests: Which one is better?
  • Post Message 15
    • How do I post a message to my list?
    • Formatting Auto Responder
    • How to control where replies go by default
    • Set up Post Only option for subscribers
    • 1 Question Survey for Discussion Groups
    • What happens when you hit "Reply" or "Reply All" to a message?
    • Formatting Problems with Plain Text Email
    • How can I know when a subscriber has posted their first message to the list?
    • How do I forward an HTML message (e.g. a fancy newsletter) to my list?
    • How do I view my messages that are scheduled to be sent on a later date/time?
    • How do I schedule a message to be sent on a later date/time?
    • How do I ensure that a message was posted by my subscriber and not a spammer?
    • How Can I Change The Maximum Size Of Message
    • Validate Subject Lines
    • Removing disclaimers from incoming emails
  • List Administration 39
    • List Moderators
    • List Owner vs List Subscriber
    • Set up Read Only option for subscribers
    • Trim text from original email when replying
    • How do I adjust the size and frequency of a digest?
    • How do I check if a subscriber is on my list?
    • Using our web page form for new subscribers
    • Removing ads from incoming emails
    • Sending attachments as links
    • List Description
    • CAN-SPAM Physical Address
    • Your List Name
    • How can I improve the odds of getting all the email delivered into the inboxes of my subscribers?
    • Allowing attachments to go to your discussion group subscribers
    • How can my subscriber temporarily stop receiving messages?
    • Email Discussion Group Commands
    • How to know that your subscribers received your email
    • How to send single/multiple commands in one email
    • How do I get a list of the subscribers that are on the vacation list?
    • How do I get a list of subscribers removed for excessive bounces?
    • How do I see the comments left by the ex-subscribers when they unsubscribed?
    • How do I get a list of domain names and percentage of addresses on my list?
    • How do I get a list of subscribers whose ISPs rejected messages sent from my list?
    • How do I get a list of subscribers whose email addresses were changed on my list?
    • How do I change the email address of a subscriber?
    • How do I get a count of the number of subscribers on my list?
    • How do I use my own domain instead of mail-list.com to receive/send messages to my list?
    • How do I get a list of email addresses of subscribers who did not respond to the confirmation email during the subscription?
    • How do I get a list of all of my current subscribers?
    • How do I add a subscriber to the vacation list so that they can temporarily stop receiving messages?
    • How do I disapprove or annotate a message before it is posted to the subscriber list?
    • How do I approve a message before it goes out to the subscriber list?
    • How do I get a list of the subscribers that have unsubscribed?
    • How can I ensure that a subscriber always gets a Goodbye Message when they unsubscribe?
    • How do I get mail delivery logs for a subscriber?
    • How do I adjust my time zone settings?
    • How do I obtain a report on the recent top posters and topics for my list?
    • How do I turn off the Bounce Re-Delivery System
    • How to Automatically Receive Copy Of Your Subscriber List For Backup
  • Best Practices For List Owners 3
    • Add Additional List Moderators
    • How to Make Sure that the URLs/Links in the Messages are Clickable
    • Putting the Unsubscribe Link at the top of the message
  • FAQ'S 12
    • How can I know in advance what score SpamAssassin will assign to my email?
    • What happens when a subscriber cancels their email account without getting off my list?
    • What happens when an unknown person tries to post to my list ?
    • How long does it take to deliver a message?
    • One of my subscribers says he is getting the messages, but his posts are rejected.
    • Can somebody be on both parts of the list at the same time? Even with the same email address?
    • Why are the line breaks removed when I create a message in Outlook?
    • Links for AOL Subscribers Look Funny. Why?
    • How do I find the spam folder in AOL Mail?
    • How do I find the spam folder in Hotmail?
    • How do I find the Spam folder in Yahoo Mail?
    • How do I find the spam folder in Gmail?
  • References 10
    • QuickStart Manual for Discussion Groups
    • RFC 2919 - List-Id Header
    • RFC 2369 - List Unsubscribe Headers
    • The Natural Life Cycle Of Mailing Lists - by Kat Nagel
    • Email Discussion Group Commands
    • Email Etiquette
    • Articles
    • Example of a message sent to a subscriber by mail-list.com's BRDS (Bounce Re-delivery System).
    • Example of a message sent to the list owner during BRDS
    • Example of a message sent to the ISP by mail-list.com's BRDS (Bounce Re-delivery System).
  • Glossary 6
    • Bounces
    • Confirmed Opt-In
    • Multipart Alternative Email
    • SpamAssassin
    • Web Archives
    • Computer Malware and Zombie Computers

User Guide for the List Owners who are running Email Discussion Groups at mail-list.com.

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Email Discussion Group User Guide

  • Access Your mail-list Account

    • How do I access my mail-list account and change the settings for my list?
    • I forgot my password
  • Subscribe

    • How do I subscribe somebody to my list through the Confirmed Opt-in process?
    • How do I subscribe somebody to my list without going through any confirmation process and sending them a welcome message?
    • How do I add multiple subscribers to my list silently?
    • How do I replace my existing list of subscribers with a new one?
    • How do I get my subscriber to subscribe to my list?
    • How do I setup the option to approve subscription requests?
    • How can my subscriber change their email address?
    • How do I change Acknowledgement Message when moderating subscribers?
    • How do I change Welcome Message that new subscribers receive?
    • What are the different methods to subscribe to a list?
  • Unsubscribe

    • How do I unsubscribe a subscriber?
    • Remove subscriber silently
    • How do I receive a notification each time a subscriber unsubscribes?
    • How do I get my subscriber to unsubscribe from my list/newsletter?
  • Delivery

    • How do I select a delivery mode?
    • How can I monitor delivery at the major ISP's?
    • Help, I'm getting duplicate messages from the mailing list
    • Plain or Fancy Digests: Which one is better?
  • Post Message

    • How do I post a message to my list?
    • Formatting Auto Responder
    • How to control where replies go by default
    • Set up Post Only option for subscribers
    • 1 Question Survey for Discussion Groups
    • What happens when you hit "Reply" or "Reply All" to a message?
    • Formatting Problems with Plain Text Email
    • How can I know when a subscriber has posted their first message to the list?
    • How do I forward an HTML message (e.g. a fancy newsletter) to my list?
    • How do I view my messages that are scheduled to be sent on a later date/time?
    • How do I schedule a message to be sent on a later date/time?
    • How do I ensure that a message was posted by my subscriber and not a spammer?
    • How Can I Change The Maximum Size Of Message
    • Validate Subject Lines
    • Removing disclaimers from incoming emails
  • List Administration

    • List Moderators
    • List Owner vs List Subscriber
    • Set up Read Only option for subscribers
    • Trim text from original email when replying
    • How do I adjust the size and frequency of a digest?
    • How do I check if a subscriber is on my list?
    • Using our web page form for new subscribers
    • Removing ads from incoming emails
    • Sending attachments as links
    • List Description
    • CAN-SPAM Physical Address
    • Your List Name
    • How can I improve the odds of getting all the email delivered into the inboxes of my subscribers?
    • Allowing attachments to go to your discussion group subscribers
    • How can my subscriber temporarily stop receiving messages?
    • Email Discussion Group Commands
    • How to know that your subscribers received your email
    • How to send single/multiple commands in one email
    • How do I get a list of the subscribers that are on the vacation list?
    • How do I get a list of subscribers removed for excessive bounces?
    • How do I see the comments left by the ex-subscribers when they unsubscribed?
    • How do I get a list of domain names and percentage of addresses on my list?
    • How do I get a list of subscribers whose ISPs rejected messages sent from my list?
    • How do I get a list of subscribers whose email addresses were changed on my list?
    • How do I change the email address of a subscriber?
    • How do I get a count of the number of subscribers on my list?
    • How do I use my own domain instead of mail-list.com to receive/send messages to my list?
    • How do I get a list of email addresses of subscribers who did not respond to the confirmation email during the subscription?
    • How do I get a list of all of my current subscribers?
    • How do I add a subscriber to the vacation list so that they can temporarily stop receiving messages?
    • How do I disapprove or annotate a message before it is posted to the subscriber list?
    • How do I approve a message before it goes out to the subscriber list?
    • How do I get a list of the subscribers that have unsubscribed?
    • How can I ensure that a subscriber always gets a Goodbye Message when they unsubscribe?
    • How do I get mail delivery logs for a subscriber?
    • How do I adjust my time zone settings?
    • How do I obtain a report on the recent top posters and topics for my list?
    • How do I turn off the Bounce Re-Delivery System
    • How to Automatically Receive Copy Of Your Subscriber List For Backup
  • Best Practices For List Owners

    • Add Additional List Moderators
    • How to Make Sure that the URLs/Links in the Messages are Clickable
    • Putting the Unsubscribe Link at the top of the message
  • FAQ'S

    • How can I know in advance what score SpamAssassin will assign to my email?
    • What happens when a subscriber cancels their email account without getting off my list?
    • What happens when an unknown person tries to post to my list ?
    • How long does it take to deliver a message?
    • One of my subscribers says he is getting the messages, but his posts are rejected.
    • Can somebody be on both parts of the list at the same time? Even with the same email address?
    • Why are the line breaks removed when I create a message in Outlook?
    • Links for AOL Subscribers Look Funny. Why?
    • How do I find the spam folder in AOL Mail?
    • How do I find the spam folder in Hotmail?
    • How do I find the Spam folder in Yahoo Mail?
    • How do I find the spam folder in Gmail?
  • References

    • QuickStart Manual for Discussion Groups
    • RFC 2919 - List-Id Header
    • RFC 2369 - List Unsubscribe Headers
    • The Natural Life Cycle Of Mailing Lists - by Kat Nagel
    • Email Discussion Group Commands
    • Email Etiquette
    • Articles
    • Example of a message sent to a subscriber by mail-list.com's BRDS (Bounce Re-delivery System).
    • Example of a message sent to the list owner during BRDS
    • Example of a message sent to the ISP by mail-list.com's BRDS (Bounce Re-delivery System).
  • Glossary

    • Bounces
    • Confirmed Opt-In
    • Multipart Alternative Email
    • SpamAssassin
    • Web Archives
    • Computer Malware and Zombie Computers