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The General Options screen contains many commonly customized mailing list options.
General Options
Many of the initial options, plus:- Public name of list (only case changes possible):
- Changing a list name requires deleting and recreating it, a non-trivial action which must be requested by emailing postmaster@virginia.edu
- Prefix for subject line of postings:
- Will appear in subject of each message sent to list. For example [Samplelist] Meeting Today.
- Hide sender address and replace with list address:
- For lists where you want members to be anonymous. Removes From, Sender, and Reply-To fields.
- Strip first Reply-to header:
- Default is No.
- Direct message replies to:
- Default is sender, which is strongly recommended. Setting to This list means all replies go back to the list, which is discouraged by the etiquette of many lists. Setting to an Explicit address means all replies are sent to an address selected by the list administrator, and are not posted to the list or to the message sender.
- Umbrella list settings (Detailed Umbrella List Information):
- Settings for lists whose membership contains other lists.
- Send password reminders and other administrative emails to -owner address instead of directly to user.
- Suffix for use when this list is an umbrella for other lists.
- Additional settings:
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- Emergency moderation of all list traffic:
- Default is No. Setting this option to Yes is useful when a situation with the list, such as a thread identified as inappropriate by list members or administrators, or a series of virus-laden messages, are causing problems when sent to the list.
- Default options for new members:
- Default is Filter out duplicate messages to list members (if possible). Other options that may also be checked by either the administrator or member include:
- Conceal member's address (when members query for list membership)
- Automatically acknowledge the member's posting
- Do not send copy of member's own post to member, which means the member does not receive the posting he or she sent to the list.
- Administrivia filter:
- Default is Yes, which catches postings sent to list that are meant as an administrative request (like subscribe, unsubscribe, etc), and adds them to the the administrative requests queue, notifying the administrator of the new request.
- Maximum message body length:
- Default is 100 KB, which should be large enough for nearly all normal text-only postings, but will prevent delivery of many messages which contain attachments. Setting this option to 0 removes the size limitation on messages.
- RFC 2369 headers:
- Default is Yes, which defines a set of List-* headers that are normally added to every message sent to the list membership. These greatly aid end-users who are using standards compliant mail readers. They should normally always be enabled.
- Include list-post header:
- Default is Yes. However for some announce-only mailing lists, only a very select group of people are allowed to post to the list; the general membership is usually not allowed to post. For lists of this nature, the list-post: header is misleading and should be set to No.