-----Original Message----- From: John Madden [mailto:weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:50 PM To: c.addleman@xxxxxxxx Subject: Your FreeLists Mailing List Importance: High Welcome to the FreeLists community! Your FreeLists mailing list is ready for use. Please read this document carefully and keep it for future reference. All functions of your list can be controlled through the web by logging in at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi. To take full advantage of all FreeLists features, please login and take a look around. Many special features that may appeal to your users are not turned on by default. Please send a test message to your list to make sure things are functioning correctly. Some important starter info: - To post on your mailing list, simply send email to redwoodmen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - Users can subscribe to your list by sending email to redwoodmen-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface. The web-based administration suite allows you to add subscribers manually. If you have a large list (i.e., thousands of users), feel free to email staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with your subscriber list -- we can add your subscribers manually (see below). - Users can unsubscribe from your list by sending email to redwoodmen-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface. Do not unsubscribe from your own list -- doing so will render you unable to make configuration changes and perform other administrative tasks. - Full documentation of the online administration system is available at //www.freelists.org/help/. We encourage you to get the most out of the web interfaces, and we encourage subscribers to do the same. Please let your list members know about the advantages of exploring the FreeLists Web Login. As an administrator, you can configure site preferences through the FreeLists Portal Administrator, and list preferences through the administrative portion of the FreeLists Web Login. See //www.freelists.org/login.html for more information. - View your list's information at //www.freelists.org/list/redwoodmen and your list's webpage (once you set it up) at //www.freelists.org/webpage/redwoodmen - Online, searchable archives of your list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/redwoodmen Each list's archive is automatically updated as new messages come in. - You can have a webpage on FreeLists to advertise your mailing list and to provide general information and such for potential subscribers. Please see //www.freelists.org/webpage.html for further information. - The FreeLists Portal provides surfers with a way of finding yours and other lists. Get started at //www.freelists.org/lists.html. - There's a FAQ at //www.freelists.org/help/faq.html that you might want to let your subscribers in on. - There are some general guidlines to configuring your list at //www.freelists.org/help/recommended-config.html Any other questions should be routed to freelists-users, described below. - You will automatically be subscribed to the freelists-users support mailing list. If you have general questions about FreeLists, it might be a good idea to post them there. You should expect minimal traffic from this list, and as a list owner, it's a *very* good idea to stay subscribed. However, if you'd like to unsubscribe, simply send email to freelists-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject. See //www.freelists.org/webpage/freelists-users for more info. - You will automatically be subscribed to the freelists-news mailing list. This announce-only list will provide you with the latest updates at FreeLists. You should expect minimal traffic from this list, and as a list owner, it's a very good idea to stay subscribed. - You are eligible to signup for the FreeLists Tips mailing list, a forum for suggesting and learning tips and suggestions on how to better run mailing lists at FreeLists. For more information, see //www.freelists.org/list/freelists-tips - Got a large subscriber list? We can help you subscribe them all! Subscribing 10,000 users through the web interface can be quite a hassle and take a long time. We can do it for you behind-the-scenes: just email staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx your subscriber list (in a plain text file, one email address only per line) and we'll subscribe the users manually. - We understand that you'll probably want to send some test messages to your new list to try out the features before putting the list into production. These messages will appear in the archives, so we've provided a feature that allows you to remove specific messages at will. Just log in to the Portal Administrator and go to "Archive Settings." If you have any questions or comments, at any point, please feel free to contact us by visiting //www.freelists.org/contact.html. -- The FreeLists Team