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List Management Help

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Basic Concepts

ListOwner Controls

Basic Concepts

Email List - An email list is simply a collection of email address to which messages with specific subject matter are sent. An email list can send out a weekly newsletter, information on a group or organization, provide communication for families-- anything the owner of the list chooses. An email list is best used for messages intended for a large audience, because it is an efficient way to provide a lot of people with the same information.

Opt-in - All email lists provided by the Christian eMail Service are opt-in only, which means you cannot automatically add an email address to your list. In order to insure the integrity of our database, we require all subscribers to confirm their membership to a list. Without a subscriber's confirmation, they can by no means be added to a list. We require this for two specific reasons. Firstly, if a subscriber's email address has been entered incorrectly, this misinformation could severely tax our server's efficiency. Secondly, we require a confirmation in order to eliminate unwanted SPAM from our users' mailboxes. This way, no user can be forced onto a mailing list they do not wish to join. For more information on this, please read our SPAM policy.

Announcement List - This type of email list simply broadcasts messages to its subscribers. Subscribers cannot send messages back to the entire list, although they can email the ListOwner.

Discussion List - This type of list allows for two-way communication. The list's owner and its subscribers can send messages to the entire list.

Web-Subscription-Only - This type of list prevents a user from subscribing to the list via email. The user must a) receive an invitation to the list from the ListOwner, b) receive an invitation to the list from a subscriber, or c) they may subscribe to the list if it has a join box. By choosing this option, ListOwners can encourage new  users to enter demographic information upon subscribing to a list.

Join Box - If the ListOwner has a web site, he or she may provide a join box on the web site allowing anyone interested to subscribe themselves to the advertised list. Information on how to create and publish a join box is under ListOwner Controls - Get HTML Code.

ListOwner Controls

Below are all the functions available to users with a ListOwner account. If you are looking for information on how to create a ListOwner account, see our Account Creation help page.

User Controls - Click here for information regarding your user account, such as logging on and off of your account, updating personal profile information, changing your email address or password, or deleting your user account.

List Controls - Click here to view information on creating and managing a list, generating HTML code for a join box or invite button, inviting or removing subscribers, or viewing a report on your list.

Message Controls - Click here to read how to create, edit, send, and delete messages for your mail list.