Managing Mailing Lists

You can create and manage mailing lists via Plesk. Click the Mail icon at the Domain administration page, then select the Mailing lists tab to access the mailing lists management functions: activating/deactivating the Mailing List service, adding, administering and removing mailing lists, enabling/disabling the selected mailing lists.

The status of Mailing list service and status of a Mailing list are represented by the following icons:

Table 3.3. The Mailing lists service/mailing lists status icons

Icon	Meaning
The Mailing lists service status
	means that the Mailing lists service is activated
	means that this mailing list is presently deactivated.
The mailing list status
	means that the mailing list is activated
	means that this mailing list is presently deactivated and inaccessible.
	the mailing list is disabled as the mailing lists service is disabled for the domain.

Activating/deactivating the Mailing lists service

In order to disable the support of mailing lists the Mailing lists service can be deactivated. When the mailing list service is deactivated, all mailing lists also change their status to 'deactivated' and therefore cannot be accessed.

NOTE

When the mailing list service is deactivated, the status icon will change to [ X ] , and the status icons of the mailing lists at this domain will change to .

Activation of the mailing list service enables access to active mailing lists.

NOTE

When the mailing list service is activated, the status icon will change to [On] , and so will the status icons of the mailing lists at this domain that were active before deactivating the mailing list service.

To activate/deactivate the mailing list service:

Click the Enable or Disable icon respectively. The confirmation will appear querying whether you actually wish to change the status of the mailing list service.
Click OK to proceed with changing the status.

Creating a new mailing list

To create a new mailing list, follow these steps:

On the mailing lists management page, click the Add New Mailing List.
Specify the mailing list name.
Specify the mailing list administrator's e-mail address to notify the administrator of the mailing list creation, and check the corresponding checkbox to enable the notification.
Click OK to create a new mailing list.

After the mailing list is created, you are taken to the page where you can add to and remove users from the mailing list.

To add a subscriber, click Add New Subscriber. Enter the user's e-mail address, and click OK.

The e-mail addresses of mailing list users are displayed in the list. To remove a user, select a corresponding checkbox and click Remove Selected.

Accessing the mailing list administration

The mailing list administration can be accessed by clicking on the icon corresponding to the necessary mailing list. The mailing list administration software interface will open in a new browser window.

Removing mailing lists

You can remove one or several mailing lists at the same time. To remove a mailing list(s):

At the Mailing lists management page, select the checkboxes corresponding to the mailing lists you wish to remove.
Click Remove Selected. The Mailing lists removal page appears.
Confirm removal, and click OK.

Enabling/disabling mailing lists

You can enable/disable one or several mailing lists at the same time. To change the current state of a mailing list(s):

At the Mailing lists management page, check the checkboxes corresponding to the mailing lists you wish to change state.
Click the On/Off icon. The confirmation page appears.
Click OK. The state of the selected mailing lists will be changed.