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List Controls

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Create a New List

View the List Controls Page

Create a New List

Before you can start sending out messages, you must first create a mail list. Start by clicking on Create New List on the ListOwner Controls page. The Create New List page will display several form fields which need to be filled in. Choose the type of list you want (discussion or announcement), a name for your list, an email alias, and a description. Click on the Next Page button to fill in a Welcome and Goodbye Message that will be sent to subscribers. You can choose to have a web-subscription-only list, and you may also subscribe yourself to the new list you are creating. Click the Finish button to complete the list and save it in the database. For a detailed example of how to create a new list, click here.

View the List Controls Page

Once you have created a list, it will appear in the List Management Table at the bottom of your ListOwner Controls page. To be able to access your list's properties in the future, simply click on the list's name in the table to view the List Controls page. From here, you can perform all the list management tasks listed below.

Edit List Properties

You may decide you need to change some of your list's properties. You can update a list's description, welcome and goodbye messages, whether it is a discussion or announcement list, and whether it is a web-based subscription list on the Edit List Properties page. Click on the proper link on your List Controls page to edit your list's properties, then change the form fields accordingly. Click the Update button to finalize your changes.

Get HTML Code

If you have a web page and would like to advertise your list on it, Christian eMail Service can generate custom HTML code for your list so that web surfers can subscribe themselves from your web page. Click on the Get HTML Code link from the List Controls page. Choose the type of code you'd like to generate-- a join box or an invite button-- and click the Choose Code button. You may now customize certain features of the join box or invitation button. Select an available color and choose either a still or animated button to match the join box or invite button to the look and feel of your web site. You must click on Select Button for your custom choices to be activated. Make sure the button looks the way you want by checking the sample posted just below the customization form. Then, copy the text out of the text field provided and paste it into the body of your web page to publish your new join box or invite button.

Invite a Subscriber

You may receive requests from people who wish to be on your mail list but cannot subscribe through a join box. They can be sent an email invitation by you to subscribe to your list. To invite someone to join your list, click on Invite a Subscriber from your List Controls page. Enter the email addresses (up to 10) of those who wish to subscribe to your list, then click the Invite button. Invitation messages will be sent to each email address that you entered. These email addresses will not be automatically added to your list. Users must respond to the invitation message to confirm their subscription. For more information on the confirmation process, please read about Opt-In Lists.

Remove a Subscriber

You may immediately remove a subscriber from your email list at any time, at your discretion, for any reason. If you need to remove an email address from your mail list, click on the Remove a Subscriber link on the List Controls page. Enter the email address(es) you wish to remove from your list and click the Remove button. These email addresses will no longer receive mail from your list.

Subscriber Report

As a ListOwner, you may view information on those subscribers who have saved it in their user accounts. Click on Subscriber Report from the List Controls page to view the first and last names, and email addresses of your subscribers, and the date they subscribed to your mail list. If no first or last name is visible, then the user has not chosen to enter this information into their user profile. Reports list groups of subscribers 30 at a time. If you have more than 30 subscribers on your list, click on the Next button at the bottom of the report to view the next 30 subscribers.

Delete a List

You may permanently delete a list. Deleted information is not recoverable. If you wish to save the email addresses of your subscribers, messages, or other list-specific information, save this information before you delete your list. To delete a list, click on the Delete List link from your List Controls page. Check the information shown to make sure you are deleting the correct list, then click the Delete button. You may delete a list that has subscribers on it. Once the list is deleted, subscribers will be sent email notification that the list is no longer in use.