| To setup a mailing list in our COBALT SERVERS (Not for Windows NT), please follow these instructions carefully. You will need Outlook Express installed before you begin.
Example Site
domain: www.yourdomain.com
Site Admin User: yourusername
Mailing List Name: friends
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Go to http://www.yourdomain.com/siteadmin and enter your |
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area.
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2. Click on
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Mailing List Name: friends
Mailing List Password: you select
Allow User Subscriptions to List: CHECKMARK
Allow Unsubscribed Posting to List: Your Choice
External Recipients: Put any emails here that are not current users, such as john@prodigy.net <ENTER>
name@name.com for every user you put in the system.
Example:
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4. Once you add all users, select
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You should now see your mailing list in your list of Mailing Lists.
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| 5. Open Outlook Express |
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Go to TOOLS
2. Go to ACCOUNTS
3. Select ADD NEW MAIL ACCOUNT
A. Display Name: Your Name
B. Email Address: john@www.johnslist.com **This
must be a user that is in
your mailing list. You must
also have the www.yourdomain.com after the @
sign or your mailing list will NOT WORK
C. Incoming Mail Server: yourdomain.com
D. Outgoing Mail Server: yourdomain.com
E. Account Name: siteadmin
F. Password: Siteadmin Password
G. FINISH
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6. To send a message to your mailing list, address the
email from the siteadministrator user you just
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and address it to:
yourmailinglist@www.yourdomain.com Such as friends@www.yourdomain.com
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| 7. How to allow users to subscribe and unsubscribe from your mailing list: |
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To allow users to subscribe and unsubscribe themselves from the list by sending mail to majordomo@www.yourdomain.com with the words "subscribe listname" or "unsubscribe listname" in the body. (listname is the name assigned to the mailing list when it is created) It is advisable to put a notice at the bottom of your mailing list to all users to remove themselves or add themselves to the mailing list.
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| 8. If you send a test email and it comes back "USER UNKNOWN" |
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The ONLY solution is to delete the list you created and create a new list. The easiest way to recreate all your mailing list members, is to copy and paste
The new list can not be the same name as the old list or you will get the same error when testing or sending a message.
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