Chapter 2 Mail Service Setup 55
List Subscriber Options
A subscriber can customize their mailing list subscriptions. Without being designated
a list administrator or having user privileges on the server, the user has control of a
number of aspects of his or her subscriptions.
The following section gives instructions on common settings your users can customize.
A full list of possible congurable options, and instructions for use, can be found on
Mailman’s documentation page at www.list.org/docs.html.
Subscribing to a Mailing List Via Mail
You can subscribe to lists using mail. You do so by sending a message to the list
subscription address. Depending on the list’s settings, you might need to conrm your
subscription or wait for moderator approval.
You do not need to subscribe using both mail and the web.
If the list allows self-subscription, you can subscribe yourself.
To subscribe via mail:
1 Open your mail program that sends from the address you want to subscribe.
2 Send a message to the list subscription address, which is usually listname-join@domain.
The subject and body of the message are ignored. Replace listname with the name of
the list and the domain where the list is hosted.
Subscribing to a Mailing List Via Web
You can subscribe to lists using the web interface. You go to the information page
for the list and provide your mail address and a password for your list preferences.
Depending on the list’s settings, you might need to conrm your subscription or wait
for moderator approval. You do not need to subscribe using both the web and mail.
You can subscribe only yourself, if the list allows self-subscription.
To subscribe via web:
1 In a web browser, enter the URL of the list information page.
This is usually server.domain.tld/mailman/listinfo/listname.
2 In the Subscriber section of the web page, enter your mail address and name (optional).
3 Specify a password for use with the list and enter it twice to conrm it.
The password should not be one that you use for other purposes because it is sent in
plain text as a reminder periodically from the lists you are subscribed to.
4 Select your digest message mode preference.
If you receive a daily digest, instead of getting each list posting separately, you will
get one daily post.
5 Click Subscribe.
