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FEATURES

Administrator Features

  • a full intuitive web interface to the management side of the list
  • list configuration parameters are easily adjustable
  • context help
  • password access (with changeable password)
  • administrative requests (posts when moderated, subscriptions when closed, etc. are easily processed via the web interface
  • e-mail notification-only of subscribes and unsubscribers

List Posting Features

  • "moderated" list posting must be approved by the moderator
  • ability to restrict posts to list members
  • support for posts by selected members without approval even when moderated
  • ability to hide sender
  • special SPAM reducing options
  • administrative request filters

Archives

  • fully web-accessible threaded archives
  • support for different archiving intervals
  • support for password-authenticated private archives
  • raw-text down-loadable archives

Subscription and Membership

  • support for closed lists (subscriptions must be approved by the owner)
  • support for digest subscriptions (one-a-day and size threshold)
  • users can hide themselves from appearing on non-administrator member lists
  • ability to limit member list visibility (public, members-only, administrator-only)
  • separate configurations system to eliminate prank subscriptions
  • easy to mass subscribe users
  • easy to view and change subscriptions status and type for all members
  • double-response subscriptions system to eliminate prank subscriptions and incorrect mail addresses
  • bounce detection with alert and automatic unsubscribe options to detect and respond to invalid subscribed addresses

Other Features

  • customizable web pages
  • customizable subject line markers
  • customizable headers/footers on list messages
  • customizable list-name capitalization
  • support for hidden lists (not advertised on server list index)
  • support for "multiple" list owners/administrators

Subscriber Features

  • easy to use web interface
  • password protection on web configuration options
  • subscriber is tracked as an individual user, regardless of the number of subscriptions on the server
  • ability to view and modify subscriptions to all lists from a single web page
  • new users can subscribe via list-information page
  • forgotten password feature delivers a new password via e-mail
  • ability to have password and subscription confirmation e-mailed monthly
  • subscribe, unsubscribe, and change options via e-mail commands in addition to web interface