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Announcement lists allow you to contact a large number of users with very little effort. Set up bulk mailing lists here, and keep your visitors up to date on the latest events on your site!

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How do I create a new Announcement List?

  1. Go to the "Mail > Announce Lists" area of our web panel.
  2. Click the Add New Announce List link.
  3. Give your list a name.
  4. Provide a return address for your list (this will appear in the "From" line in the email).
  5. Give your list a default subject line (this will appear as the subject heading of the email).
  6. Enter the email addresses of the initial members of the list.
  7. Click the Create This List link, and you're done.

An error message saying "You cannot add a announcement list until you've added a domain" means either that you have no domains, or that none of your domains currently have email enabled. Go to "Mail > Manage Email" and add an email address.

Please note that you may not use this feature to send unsolicited bulk email (also known as spam) - that is, email sent to people who have not specifically requested it. This includes so-called "opt-in" lists that you may have purchased from a 3rd party.

We take spam complaints very seriously, and non-compliance with this policy may result in the cancellation of your account. If you need to know more about what is and isn't acceptable, please view our spam policies and resources page.

Can I send HTML encoded messages to my list?

Yes you can!

Just click until you see a check mark appear in the little "This is HTML" checkbox next to the submit button on the mail page. This will result in HTML tags in your message being interpreted as HTML for people whose mail clients have HTML capabilities.

You should paste your HTML code directly into the textarea that says "Your message:".

Also, don't worry that some people on your list can't read HTML-formatted email! Your message is sent as a multi-part message.. those who can't read HTML will get a plain text version!

How do I edit my mailing lists?

  1. Go to the Mail > Mailing Lists section of our Account Control Panel.
  2. Click on the Edit link next to the list you'd like to edit.
  3. Change the "from" name or subject field here: <img src = "./images/illustrations/sendfrom.gif">
  4. To edit your list of subscribers: File:Illustrations/currentsubs.gif
    • Write the email addresses of subscribers to be added in this box (note, on the next page you'll send them an email to confirm their wish to be on your list): <img src = "./images/illustrations/addname.gif">
    • Write the email addresses of subscribers to be removed in this box: <img src = "./images/illustrations/removename.gif">
  5. Press the Edit Mailing List button, and you're done!

NOTE: To change the list's e-mail address, you'll have to delete it (the list) and create a new one.

How do I import a CSV file into my mailing list?

How do I import a mailing list from another service?

When I manually add subscribers, can I give them names?

You can include names when manually subscribing users from the edit link of our "Mail > Announce List" area!

Just put their names on the same line as their email address in the Emails to Add field, separated by a space. For example: 

person1@domain.com jane doe
person2@domain.com john doe
person3@domain.com john q. public
That's it!

How do I post to my announcement list?

  1. Log in to the Account Control Panel. Select the Mail tab, and click on the Announcement Lists link.
  2. Click on the Mail link to the right of your list.
  3. Enter a return name and a subject line for your outgoing message. 
File:Images/illustrations/sendfrom.gif
  1. Write or paste the message you wish to send in the large text box.
  2. If your message is HTML-formatted, be sure to click the checkbox marked This is HTML.
  3. Click the Send Message link, and you're done!

The only way to post to an announcement list is through this form.. if you want an open discussion style email list, what you need are our discussion lists!

What is a charset?

When you send an announcement or auto-responder (for both html or plain text emails), you now have the option to choose a character set for the text encoding other than Western European (iso-8859-1).

You will need to specify a character set if you're emailing in languages that use characters outside the normal ASCII range. Languages like Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, etc..

Just enter the encoding type (you'll have to know it yourself!) you want into the text box provided and be sure to check off the "this is html" option (and to actually use html to mark-up your message!) before clicking "Send Message!"

Advanced Options

With some HTML knowledge you can have complete control over the appearance of the signup and unsubscribe pages, and fields of data. For more information, see KB_/_Web_Programming_/_CGI,_PHP,_and_Databases_/_Announcement_Mailing_List

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