{"id":2888,"date":"2015-07-30T11:54:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T10:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/?p=2888"},"modified":"2015-07-30T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T10:55:07","slug":"how-to-setup-a-mailing-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/how-to-setup-a-mailing-list\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup a Newsletter using Mailman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/email-150x150.png\" alt=\"email\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/email-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/email.png 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>How to make an &#8220;Announce Only&#8221; Newsletter Mailing List<\/h2>\n<p>Mailman is developed to be a listserv discussion tool. This means by default anyone can post to the list and everyone gets the replies. However, most often, you just\u00a0want to setup a mailing list that only one person can post to and everyone else gets a copy of the email. A classic one-way Newsletter setup.<\/p>\n<h3>Login to your Mailing list<\/h3>\n<p>Login to your your list: eg.\u00a0http:\/\/www.yourdomain.com\/mailman\/admin\/yourlistname<br \/>\nEnter the list administrative password and click the &#8220;Let me in&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<h3>Configure the following settings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Privacy Options &gt;&gt; Subscription Rules<\/li>\n<li>Who can view subscription list? (List admin only)<\/li>\n<li>Privacy Options &gt;&gt; Sender Filters<\/li>\n<li>By default, should new list member postings be moderated? (Yes)<\/li>\n<li>Action to take when a moderated member posts to the list. (Hold)<\/li>\n<li>Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is defined. (Hold)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Auto-responder settings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Should Mailman send an auto-response to mailing list posters? (Yes)<\/li>\n<li>Auto-response text to send to mailing list posters:\u00a0&#8220;Sorry, only the site administrator can post to this list.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Number of days between auto-responses: (0)<\/li>\n<li>Membership Management &gt;&gt; Membership List<\/li>\n<li>Set everyone&#8217;s moderation bit, including those members not currently visible (On)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now that everyone has their moderation bit on (which means their posts are subject to moderator approval) and &#8220;Action to take when a moderated member posts to the list&#8221; is Hold, the administrator will have to approve their own posts.<\/p>\n<p>You could turn off the moderation bit for moderators&#8217; email addresses, but this is not very secure because email addresses can be easily forged.<\/p>\n<p>You can customise these settings as you like, but to prevent unauthorised people from posting to you list, always have their moderation bit(flag) on.<\/p>\n<p>You should always keep &#8220;By default, should new list member postings be moderated?&#8221; set to &#8220;Yes&#8221; so new members are also moderated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to make an &#8220;Announce Only&#8221; Newsletter Mailing List Mailman is developed to be a listserv discussion tool. 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