http://www.freelists.org/wiki/ 2009-06-12T02:13:15+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/ http://www.freelists.org/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2005-05-18T23:56:38+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/all_about?rev=1116474998 What’s FreeLists all about? FreeLists is a free mailing list service. Free is in the name for a reason. Read more about it on our About Page. ... text/html 2005-05-21T15:37:36+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/allow_non-ascii?rev=1116704256 How do I allow non-ASCII characters in posts? Turn off the variable humanize-quotedprintable. Note that turning off humanize-mime may also help this work properly. Ecartis’ support for Quoted-printable is still somewhat weak.. ... text/html 2005-08-28T20:04:03+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/archive_be_disabled?rev=1125273843 Can the archive be disabled or protected? The archiving of a list can’t be disabled. Please read about our mission and purpose and try to understand that your archives are important to the community. They aren’t a privacy risk – w... text/html 2005-05-21T15:11:31+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/archives_of_my_list?rev=1116702691 Are there archives of my list? Yes, all lists are archived at http://www.freelists.org/archives/LISTNAMEHERE The archives provide your users with a means of viewing old posts and contribute to the amount of information available on the internet. Th... text/html 2005-05-21T15:47:41+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/aren_t_subscribed?rev=1116704861 Why are there bounces for users who aren’t subscribed? Most often, this is due to subscribers whose accounts forward mail someplace else and that final destination is broken. This delivery failure generates a bounce that Ecartis sees as comin... text/html 2005-05-21T14:57:51+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/bothering_me?rev=1116701871 If someone on a list is bothering me, what should I do? Contact the list admins and/or moderators by emailing LISTNAMEHERE-admins@freelists.org and LISTNAME-moderators@freelists.org. They can take appropriate action. If the problem persists and ... text/html 2005-05-21T15:33:46+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/bounce_address?rev=1116704026 What’s with the “-bounce” address? This address is used to provide automatic bounce handling for your list. It is set up as the “Sender” of all outbound email, so that bounces are directed back toward it. Users should never ... text/html 2005-05-21T14:32:47+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/can_i_send_files?rev=1116700367 Can I send files (attachments) to the list? Yes, although it requires that the list be configured by its administrator(s) to allow attachments. 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Note that if you want to allow for images to be posted as well, you’ll have to also enable other attachments. ... text/html 2006-05-01T08:05:34+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/footer_or_header_not_appearing?rev=1146485134 Why does my header or footer not appear on posts? After being sure you’ve added the appropriate text to the files in the Web Login, the most common reason for headers and footers not appearing is that the sender is posting in HTML format. Bec... text/html 2005-05-21T15:07:51+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/get_started?rev=1116702471 How do I get started? This is a complex topic and it depends on what level of user you are. We recommend that list owners have some experience in running lists before taking on the job, but we’ve also supported a lot of “newbies.”... text/html 2005-05-21T14:55:31+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/have_a_webpage?rev=1116701731 Does the list I’m on have a webpage somewhere? 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To post, send an email to the list’s address: LISTNAMEHERE@freelists.org. There isn’t yet a web form to do this, so you’ll use your email client to do it. ... text/html 2005-05-21T15:48:19+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/member_list?rev=1116704899 Retrieve my member list? Send email to LISTNAMEHERE-request@freelists.org with ‘who’ in the Subject. Note that this is limited to list admins by default. ... text/html 2005-05-21T15:45:16+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/modpost_doesn_t_work?rev=1116704716 “modpost” doesn’t work? modpost itself does actually work, but many mail clients don’t implement line breaking correctly and this causes modpost to fail for most people. We recommend that you not bother with it unless you&rs... text/html 2005-05-21T15:09:46+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/more_than_one_list?rev=1116702586 Can I get more than one list? Absolutely! We only ask that you be respectful of the other list owners and their needs – don’t be a resource hog. ... text/html 2005-05-21T15:50:47+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/not_send_reports?rev=1116705047 Configure Ecartis to not send reports? You’ll have to turn off the “REPORTS” flag. This can be done by sending email to LISTNAMEHERE-request@freelists.org with ‘unset reports’ in the Subject. ... text/html 2005-05-19T00:01:49+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/policy_on_spam?rev=1116475309 What’s your policy on SPAM? And user privacy? FreeLists hates SPAM as much as the next guy. We actively block spammer nets, we use DNS RBL’s, we carefully filter out the cruft to prevent abuse of our services. If you feel you’ve been SP... text/html 2005-05-21T15:49:31+01:00 http://www.freelists.org/wiki/faq/portal_pages?rev=1116704971 How do I make changes to the FreeLists Portal pages? 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