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Definition - A list server is a computer program that
will re-send email messages to an address or list of addresses. Sending a message to
the server is known as posting. In general there are two kinds of lists, one
where all users can post, and the other where only the owner or administrator
has posting rights.
sheperd.com uses IMAIL to process all email including mailing lists. The
following information is quoted from the Imail program documentation (www.ipswitch.com):
IMAIL Features
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Lists can be
completely "open" -- allowing postings by anyone on the
Internet.
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Lists can be also
be "public," meaning that anyone can get on the list by
subscribing to it. Users can subscribe to, or unsubscribe from, a list by
simply by sending the appropriate message to the list server.
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Lists can be unmoderated
(any message sent to the list is immediately posted to all users on the
list) or moderated (all
messages are viewed by the moderator before being posted to the list).
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Postings to the
list can be further controlled by use of a password or by use of a
"posters list" (a list of people authorized to post to that list).
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Lists can also be
private. A private list does not accept a Subscribe
command; only the list administrator
can add people to the list.
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Messages to a
list-server mailing list can be accumulated and periodically mailed out as a
digest.
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The list
administrator can enter an identifying text string to appear on the Subject
line of all messages (or a digest) posted to the list.
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The list
administrator can enter header or trailer text (containing information such
as the Subscribe and Unsubscribe instructions) to appear with
all messages (or a digest) posted to the list.
