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Managing Listserv via the Web

September 1st, 2009 by Jason Gutierrez

By Bahram Paiani, UNT E-mail postmaster and Listserv Manager (Messaging Group)

Listserv's web interface makes it much easier to manage your mailing lists. You can change the settings of your mailing lists, add or remove subscribers from your lists, and slew of other tasks you used to do via sending e-mail commands to the listserv server. Subscribers to a list can also manage their own personal settings.

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To log into the listserv web interface, go to http://listserv.unt.edu. You will  be presented with the following screen.

If this is the first time you are logging into the web interface and you do not have a password you should click on the “Get Password” option. In the new page you need to enter your E-mail address and a password of your choosing. The password is entered twice for verification. It is a good practice to use a combination of Upper and lower case letters and, numbers to make your password more secure.

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After you click the button that reads “Register Password”, you will recieve an message at the the e-mail address you provided. Confirm your registration by clicking on the link provided in the e-mail.

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After successfully confirming your registration you can login into the listserv web interface and start manging your list.

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To manage a list (i.e. “SAMPLE3-L”), click on “List Management”, then “Subscriber management”. On the resulting the following page, you may add or remove a single subscriber to and from my list. The following page depicts “Single Subscriber” button (Figure 4).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under the “Bulk Operations” tab, you will find parameters that allow for adding or removing subscribers in bulk to and from lists (see SAMPLE3-L). However, you need to prepare the list in advance and read the options very carefully to make sure you are not doing anything to jeopardize the integrity of the list.

In the pictured example, I add two new subscribers to my list by creating a file with the list of subscribers email addresses and names, and named it “add-new-subs."

For example:

bahram@gmail.com Bahram Paiani
bahram@yahoo.com Bahram Paiani

Next, select the function "Add the imported addresses...", then locate your address list using the "Browse" button , then click "Import."

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You will find assistance under the List Management menu, where you may email me by clicking on the life ring icon.