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Tutorial for List Serve Administration

Getting Started:

Type in http://list.brockport.edu
For More advanced help and step by step instructions for all LYRIS list serve options please go to: http://www.lyris.com/help/lm_help/9.3/index_Left.html #StartTopic=Contents.html|SkinName=LM_9.3

List Administrators:

For the 'User Name': Type in the list administrator's email address
For the 'Password': Type in the list administrator's password

Mozilla Screen:

Mozilla Lyris ListManager login screenshot.

Internet Explorer Screen:

Internet Explorer Lyris ListManager login screenshot.

Utilities: Brings you to the LYRIS List Manager Start Page

Arrow pointing to the Home tab in LYRIS List Manager.

Members - allows you to add members to your list serve group
To ADD a new member click on Add Member
For more information on creating members visit:http://www.lyris.com/help/lm_help/9.3/Content/addmembers.html

Arrow pointing to the add a new member link in LYRIS List Manager.

After clicking Add Members the next screen that will show up is the Add Member page
This page is to add a new member's Email address and their Name.
After typing their email address and name click save to save the member into the list serve

Arrows pointing to the email address and name fields, and save button in LYRIS List Manager.

Repeat this process to add members into the list serve.

Mailings - To create list mailings to the entire list serve or certain members of a list serve.
To CREATE a mailing click on Mailings; New Mailing

Arrows pointing to the Mailings tab and the Mailings: New link from the Home tab in LYRIS List Manager.

Mailings: New Mailing

To send a message to your list, you need to create a mailing. A mailing can be a message you compose in the New Mailing page, or content you’ve created previously.

You may then choose to send your mailing to your entire list, or select segments to send to. You may also purge recipients of previous messages if you have been saving that data.

Creating a New Mailing To Be Sent To Your Entire List

To create a simple mailing to your entire list, follow these instructions.

Click on the Mailings tab, select new Mailing.
Click on import content in the lower right corner to insert it into your message if you have already created content which you’d like to send. You may then skip steps 3-6 below. If not, create your message on the Message box.
Edit the Mailing Name field. This name is not seen by message recipients, so label the mailing in a way that will help you identify it later.
Edit the From field. By default your email address will appear there.
Edit the To: field. By default, the To: field is set to %%nameemail%%, which will merge the name and email address of the recipient.
The To: field does not actually select the message's recipients. When building your mailing, you'll specify the segment or lists to whom you'd like to send the message.
Enter the Subject: of the message. Recipients will see this line as the subject of the message they receive.
Enter the Text Message and/or HTML Message you'd like to send.
You may create just a text or HTML body, and that is what will be sent to your recipients. Or, you can create both, and send a message that has both text and HTML. This format is called multipart-alternative, and ListManager will create the correct headers and boundaries automatically. Recipients who can see HTML will only see your HTML message; those who can't, will see the text.
Click Preview to see what you message will look like. You’ll be taken the Mailings: Approval, where you can send, test, schedule, copy or delete the content you just created.