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What's New With Version 1.1?

What is an 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.

What is a 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.

What does "Web Subscriptions Only" mean?

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.

How can I manage my subscriptions through email?

Unsubscribing from a list is now easier than ever. Simply send an email message to the list with the word "unsubscribe" in the message subject line. If you ever would like to subscribe to the list again, send a message to the list with the word "subscribe" in the subject line. This feature saves you the time it takes to log on to the web to manage your subscriptions.

Can I change the name of my list?

In our original release of the Christian eMail Service, once you chose a list's name, it was permanent. You can now update your list's name on the Edit List Properties page.

Why do some of my messages no longer show up for a list?

This feature only affects ListOwners with more than one list. We have changed the way messages are viewed. Each message you create is now linked to the list you were managing when you created it. For example, if you own two lists, A and B, and you created a new message for List A, in our original release, you could view the new message whether managing List A or List B. In our new release, messages are list-specific. If you create a message while managing List A, you can only send it to List A.