diff --git a/src/docs/newsletter.en.md b/src/docs/newsletter.en.md index 583da36be421365cc6e4314bf673f7310aa9520f..71fe02080bf95882f180340bcb768278c102a39b 100644 --- a/src/docs/newsletter.en.md +++ b/src/docs/newsletter.en.md @@ -1,42 +1,40 @@ title: Newsletter Howto ---- -Newsletter Howto -================== +# Newsletter Howto -What is a newsletter -------------------------------------------------------------- +## What is a newsletter A **newsletter** is essentially a list of mail addresses to which mails are sent automatically by a software installed on the server. Unlike a mailing list, newsletters are set as a one way communication, essentially they work as a **closed** mailing list. -To participate to a list and receive messages sent to it you need to subscribe. -To subscribe, you have to know the newsletter name and visit the page **https://noise.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/NAME** -fill in the form and you should receive a confirmation message. +## How to request a newsletter -Enjoy! +To activate a newsletter you need to request it from +[services](https://services.autistici.org) and ask for a mailing list in the service request page, +then in the following page insert the newsletter name, the domain, the mail address of the owner and select +the checkbox "Use as a newsletter". + +Once that the request is approved (it could take some days) you should receive a confirmation email with password +and the link to the newsletter management page. Howto manage a newsletter ----------------------------- -When you ask for a mailing list on our servers (managed by the software "Mailman"), -the first thing you'll have to do is log into the newsletter administration panel and configure its various options: -we have set the default options according to how *we think* people will want to use a newsletter, but our -ideas could be **very wrong** about your needs and wishes. +If for example the newsletter is named NAME123, the link to the administration page is: + +**https://noise.autistici.org/mailman/admin/NAME123** -Some of the settings are forced: +To enable an email address to send messages to a newsletter you need to: - send_reminders = 0 - respond_to_post_requests = 0 - default_member_moderation = 1 - generic_nonmember_action = 3 + - **add it as a subscriber**. + - **remove the moderation flag** -if you change them, they will be reset in a few minutes. +This has to be done for every email address you want to authorize su send messages. -So log into your **https://noise.autistici.org/mailman/admin/NAME** page and start working on it. ### General Options @@ -47,59 +45,41 @@ Most of the default options will be fine, but you should know that you shall **n your newsletter. -### Password - -In the *Password* page you will be able to change and reset your admin password. - - ### Membership Management The *Membership management* page will easily be one of the most visited page in your newsletter administrator experience. - In the *Membership List* subpage you'll find a list of all the mail subscribed to the newsletter along with a series of option for each one of -them: -- *mod* refers to moderated users, ie users whose message will need administrator approval before being forwarded to the list - All users should be moderated, with the exception of the user(s) authorized to send a newsletter. -- *nomail* refers to users who are not receiving the list messages for several reasons (their mailbox could be full or disabled). -- *digest* and *plain* refer to the way these users receive the list messages: *plain* means they will get each mail individually, while - *digest* allows them to receive a daily/weekly/monthly summary of the newsletter messages in a single mail +To subscribe several adresses you should go to the *Mass subscribing* section, where you can add - one per line - +a list of emails to subscribe to the newsletter. You will also be able to write a short welcome message to the ones you are subscribing. -If you want to unsubscribe a single user, just click on the *unsub* box next to his/her mail and then on *"Submit your changes"*. +Please do not subscribe hundreds of email addresses without their explicit consent. In the mass subscription page you can choose "invite" +instead of "subscribe" in the checkbox so that users will receive an invitation messages with a link to click to complete the subscription. -To subscribe multiple users simultaneously, go to the *Mass subscription* subpage and fill in the form with one mail per line. You will also -be able to write a short welcome message to the ones you are subscribing. + -**ATTENTION**: do not subscribe hundreds of email addresses without their explicit consent. In the mass subscription page you can choose "invite" instead of -"subscribe" in the checkbox so that users will receive an invitation messages with a link to click to complete the subscription. +In the *Membership List* subpage you'll find a list of all the mail subscribed to the newsletter along with a series of option for each one of +them: +- *mod* refers to moderated users, so people that not allowed to send messages to the newsletter. + Only the authorized people should be not moderated, so for example you should set as not moderated your email address and/or that + of other people authorized to send messages. Note: the email of the admin of the newsletter is not automatically authorized to + send messages, so even this address should be subscribed to the newsletter and not moderated. -### Privacy Options + -The *Privacy Options* page is **one of the most important part** of your administration panel. Let's start with the *Subscription rules*. +If you want to unsubscribe a single user, just click on the *unsub* box next to his/her mail and then on *"Submit your changes"*. + + -- *Advertised* is the option to point out wether you want your list to be known to the public or not. The default value is **no**. -- *Subscribe Policy* specifies what a user should do to subscribe to a list: reply to an automatic mail sent by the mailing list software, - wait for administrator approval or both. The default value is to require both steps to subscribe to the list. -- The *Ban list* is a list of email who are forbidden subscription to the list -- The last interesting option allows you to choose who can see the list of people subscribed to the list. The default option allows only - list subscribers to see who are the other people subscribed, but it's possible to extend this possibility to anyone or to shrink it to - the administrator only. -The *Sender filters* is set so that messages coming from non-subscribers are *discarded* by default, without any notification. -If you want to authorize someone that is not subscribed to the newsletter to write messages, -search for the option "List of non-member addrresses whose postings should be automatically accepted" and add the -address you want to authorize. +### Privacy Options -### Archiving Options +In the *Sender filters* page, the default action for messages from moderated users is to hold messages, you can set it to discard +so that you are not notified about these messages. +In the sendr filter page you can also authorize addresses not subscribed to the newsletter to send messages: +look for the "List of non-member addrresses whose postings should be automatically accepted" field and add the email address. -The *Archiving Options* page is **very important** since it includes the options to decide wether a list messages will be **public** or -**private**. Please be careful with this page options since setting up a **public list** implies that your subscribers messages will be -available on search engines freely! -- The *Archive* option allows the administrator to decide wether to keep a copy of the list messages on the servers or not. The default - option is **no** so if you do not change this the only copy of the list mails will be in your subscribers computers. -- The *Archive private* option allows the administrator to decide wether the list archive will be publicly available on [our servers](http://lists.autistici.org/) - or only available to subscribers on a dedicated page (whose link you will fine in your administration panel) For details, see the Mailman manual: diff --git a/src/docs/newsletter.it.md b/src/docs/newsletter.it.md index 446a62c46ff72baec526ab954bb157a8de263c46..a13d3810b8fff76f6b1466aa3688557414059a51 100644 --- a/src/docs/newsletter.it.md +++ b/src/docs/newsletter.it.md @@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ alla pagina. ## Opzioni per la privacy -Nei *Filtri sul mittente* è impostato che i messaggi dei non iscritti devono essere *scartati* (ovvero cestinati senza che la cosa - venga notificata agli autori). +Nei *Filtri sul mittente* è impostato che i messaggi dei non iscritti devono essere *sospesi*, potete anche impostare *scartati* per +non ricevere le notifiche di questi messaggi. Se volete autorizzare all'invio qualcuno che non e' iscritto alla newsletter, andate nella sezione Privacy -> Filtri sul mittente e cercate l'opzione "List of non-member addrresses whose postings should be automatically accepted"