Plesk Web Hosting 6.0 supports creating and managing mailing lists. Click the MAIL LISTS button to access the Mailing Lists Management page. At this page you can activate/deactivate the Mailing List service, add, administer and remove the mailing lists, enable/disable the selected mailing lists.
The status of Mailing list service and the status of Mailing lists are represented by the following icons:
Table 13.2. The Mailing lists service/mailing lists status icons
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| The Mailing lists service status | |
![[ON]](images/on.gif) | means that the Mailing lists service is activated |
![[ X ]](images/off.gif) | 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. |
![[ ! ]](images/att.gif) | the mailing list is disabled as the mailing lists service is disabled for the domain. |
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 cannot be accessed.
NOTE
When the mailing list service is deactivated, the status icon will change to
, 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
, 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 ON/OFF button. 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. Clicking Cancel will leave the mailing list service status unchanged.
To create a new mailing list, follow these steps:
Specify the mailing list name.
Type in the password and type it again to confirm in the appropriate fields.
Specify the mailing list administrator's e-mail address, to notify the administrator of the mailing list creation, and check the respective checkbox, to enable the notification.
Click UPDATE to create a new mailing list, or click UP LEVEL to return to the Mailing list administration page without creating a list.
The mailing list administration can be accessed by clicking on the icon
corresponding to
the necessary mailing list. The mailing list administration software will open in a new browser window.
You can remove one or several mailing lists at the same time. To remove a mailing list(s):
At the Mailing lists management page, check the checkboxes in the Sel column corresponding to the mailing lists you wish to remove.
Click on REMOVE SELECTED. The Mailing lists removal page appears.
If you are certain that the displayed information is correct and wish to proceed with deleting, check the "Yes, I want to remove these mailing lists." checkbox. Then click SUBMIT. If you decide to not delete these mailing lists or wish to modify the list of mailing lists chosen for deletion, click the CANCEL button.
Both buttons will return you to the Mailing Lists Management page, one submitting the changes, the other one leaving everything unchanged.
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 in the Sel column corresponding to the mailing lists you wish to change state.
Click the ON/OFF button. The confirmation page appears.
Click OK. The state of the selected mailing lists will be changed.