We provide a simple CGI program that visitors to your site can use to subscribe to any mailing lists you offer via a form on your web page.
Instructions on how to use that form as well as common questions regarding its usage are below.Last updated: Apr 23, 2002. |
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 How can people subscribe to my mailing list?
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| You can manually add people to your list from our Announcement List area.. they will receive an email with a link to confirm their subscription.
For the general public you have to do is put some ... (more) |
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How do I use images for my subscribe and unsubscribe submit buttons?
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| If you don't want to use the standard submission buttons
but would rather use your own images , you can do that with this code:
<input type="image" border="0" name="submit" src=" subscribe.gif... (more) |
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How do the members post to the list?
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| They cannot. This is an announcement-only mailing list, not a discussion list. We also offer discussion lists, however, which are much better suited for this sort of usage. |
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How can I set it up so everyone who subscribes automatically gets a welcome message?
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| Just set up ListName@yourdomain.com to be a valid email alias (which can point to null if you don't want to receive an email notifying you each time a new person subscribes), and then set up an auto-r... (more) |
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How many people can be on my list?
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| There is no limit on the number of people who can be on a given list.
However, it may take a while for all the messages to go out if you have a really large list (they will go through, eventually... (more) |
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How can I import a list from my old list to here?
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| Create an announcement list from our "Mail > Announcement List" panel. Then click "edit", cut and paste a list of each of the old addresses you had into the "Subscriber List" box there, then click... (more) |
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What can I use this list for?
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| Use your mailing list to keep subscribers up to date on changes to your business or web community. If your site is home to a club, keep subscribers apprised of meetings and events. If you have a busin... (more) |
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Will my mailing list still work if I change my domain's MX record?
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| Believe it or not, it still will! Nothing will change with it at all, except that if you have an auto-responder set up it will stop working. But you can still post to your list and people can subscrib... (more) |
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receiving bounced messages for your mailing list
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| How do I set up my mailing list so that I get notified when email is bounced from addresses on the list?
In order to get the "bounced" messages for your mailing list, you need to set up an em... (more) |
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