How do I create an e-mail list using the Aplus.Net Control Panel?

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

E-mail Lists enable you to send messages to a particular list of subscribers. Unlike E-mail Groups, which maintain a fixed and static subscription list, an e-mail list offers your users the ability to automatically add or remove themselves from the subscription list anytime they choose.

E-mail lists can be set to be moderated or unmoderated. With a moderated list, only the owner of the list can send messages to the subscription list; messages from all other e-mail addresses are rejected. With an unmoderated list, any of the subscribers to the list can send messages to the entire list.

Here’s how to set-up an e-mail list through the Control Panel:

Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Web Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
Select the Emails link from the top navigation bar.
Next, select Email Lists and click on Create Email List.
Enter the list’s e-mail address into the List Address text field.
Select the Domain you want associated with this e-mail list using the Domain drop-down menu.
Enter the e-mail of the list’s owner into the Maintainer Address text field.
Click Continue to set-up the e-mail list. Click Cancel to escape.

Important: There is a list of reserved words which can not be used for the maintainer address. Here is the full list of reserved system words: postoffice, postmaster, postman, send, sendmail, sendmailer, mail, mailer, daemon, mmdf, majordomo, uucp, nuucp, list, listserv, listproc, netserv, owner, ops, request, response, root, bounce, bbs.smtp, echo, mirror, server, service, services, smtp, smtperror, system, admin, administrator, ammgr, autoanswer