Mailing lists allow us to send emails to multiple recipients . This feature is very useful when you need to send a newsletter or another update to a group of people. Now let us know the steps to create and manage mailing lists .
1. Log into your cPanel, navigate to the Mail section and click on Mailing Lists:
- Enter the mailing list name in the List Name text box
- Select a domain from the Domain menu
- Enter a strong password for your mailing list
- Select one of the following access types:
Public: subscriptions are open
Private: the administrator must approve subscriptions
2. Click on Add Mailing List:
Once done, you will see a message about the successful mailing list creation.
Managing mailing lists
All the mailing lists you’ve created can be found in the Current Lists section:
- List Name: name of your Mailing List
- Usage: amount of the disk space that the mailing list uses
- Access: private or public
- Administrator: mailing list administrators
- Functions: administrative functions for the mailing list:
Delete: the mailing list will be removed
Change Password: allows changing the mailing list password without having to fill in the old one
Manage: redirects to the mailing list management dashboard
Delegation assigns administrative rights to available users. Use arrows to add/exclude selected users from the list of administrators and click Save
Mass Removal option removes users from your mailing list
Privacy options
- Subscription rules: this section allows you to configure subscription and membership exposure policy
- Sender filters: this section contains the controls for moderation of both member and non-member postings
- Recipient filters: this section allows you to configure various filters based on the recipient of the message
- Spam filters: this section allows you to configure various anti-spam filters posting filters, which can help reduce the amount of spam your list members end up receiving
Hope this article will help you all to know about creating and managing mailing list.