Un/Subcribing

Adding Someone to the List

As list owner you can add or remove people using the Basic Administration Tool web page.

1. Go to http://listserv.azstarnet.com/admin/admin.html

2. For "List-Owner E-Mail Address" enter in your username (assuming you are the list owner).

3. For "ListServ Password" enter in the list password.

4. For "List Address" enter in the name of the list (the mailing address for the list).

5. For "Command", click on the dropbox (where it says "showdist") and select either "subscribe" or "unsubscribe".

6. In the box following or underneath the dropbox, type in the exact email address of the person you want to add or remove.

7. Click on Submit.

8. Once submitted, you will be taken to a page with just the Command section where you can enter more commands. (The other settings will be read from what you've entered on the first page.)

9. Once SmartList has processed the commands, confirmation or an error notice will be sent to the list owner's (your) email address.

Someone Adding Themselves to the List

If the list is open, i.e. set for Auto Subscribe (see Configuring the List), people can add or remove themselves to/from the list without your intervention.

1. They need to compose a mail message (from the account to which they want the list mail sent, or is currently receiving the mail if they are unsubscribing) with the list's request address as the recepient. (The request address is the list name with "-request" at the end. For example if the list name were "mac_users", then the person wanting to subscribe would send mail to "mac_user-request@listserv.azstarnet.com".)

2. In the subject of the message they need to have either "subscribe" or "unsubscribe", depending on which they want.

3. If the list is open, SmartList will take the address in the From field of the message and add or remove that address to/from the mailing list. (This is why they need to send mail from the address that they want added or removed to/from the list.) If the list is closed, the request will be forwarded to the list owner (you) to take action (add/remove the person as described above).

Result E-Mail Messages

If an address is added, the list owner is sent a notice. In that notice is an output similar to that of the "checkdist" command for that address. This allows the list owner to see if that person is already on the list. The person getting added will get an email notifying them

If the address is being removed, the address being removed is sent email notification and the list owner is also sent a copy of the message. The list owner is also sent a message similar to the "checkdist" command for that address to make sure the email address isn't there in another form or the wrong address was unsubscribed.

Subscribing/Unsubscribing

Adding Someone to the List

Someone Adding Themselves to the List

Result E-Mail Messages