Mailman Admin Tutorial

Welcome to the Mailman Admin Tutorial*! *Updated October 23, 2006 Getting Started This tutorial is designed to help you learn to use the new list administration tools that are offered by Mailman, the new RootsWeb list management system. Mailman offers many of the same, or similar list administration features as SmartList (the old list management system). Additionally, there are several new features we will discuss in this tutorial. To begin this tutorial, please go to your list administration page and sign in with your password. The new Mailman list administration page will automatically open on the “General Options” section. This tutorial will discuss each Mailman setting and briefly compare them to the old SmartList settings. It is recommended that you open your own Mailman list administration page as you read through this tutorial. We will first walk through the “Configuration Categories” links that are found on the left side of your list administration page. Then we will move on to discuss the “Other Admin Tools” links located on the right. General Options The “General Options” section is where you set your fundamental list characteristics. This is the default section your list administration page will open to. To return to this section, click the “General Options” link under “Configuration Categories”. We will walk through each of the General Options settings and how they compare to the old SmartList settings. It is ...