Discussion Lists

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Discussion Lists: Glossary

Administrator. One or more list administrators have the ability to manage the list settings. The list administrator is often called the list owner and is usually the person that requested the creation of the list. All lists must have at least one administrator.

Advertised list. A list that is described on the public web page for your organization's lists.

Archive. Archives of discussion list messages can be viewed on the Web. Archives are useful for reviewing messages that you may have deleted in your mail client.

Digest. A list subscriber may receive messages individually or in digest format. If the subscriber selects digest format, individual messages sent by other list subscribers are combined into larger messages so that the subscriber can view multiple messages at once. List administrators may configure the size and frequency of digest messages on a per-list basis.

Mailing list. Another term for a discussion list.

Moderator. One or more list moderators may have limited list management permissions. Moderators cannot change list settings like the list administrators, but they can assist with approving/rejecting subscription requests and postings from non-list members. List moderators are not required. If moderators are not specified in the list settings, the administrators will perform their duties.

Open List. This term usually means that subscribing to the list only requires subscription confirmation by the subscriber (i.e., subscribers do not have to be approved by moderators or administrators).

Owner. See Administrator..

Private List. This term usually means that subscription requests require administrator approval (and possibly subscriber confirmation). This type of list is sometimes called a closed list.

Subscribe. The act of submitting your e-mail address to a discussion list so that you receive list messages.

Subscriber. A person subscribed to receive messages from a discussion list.

Unsubscribe. The act of removing your e-mail address from a discussion list so that you no longer receive list messages.

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