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phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager

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phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager

Overview of this book

Tired of an e-mail BCC list that scrolls off the page, or fiddly and hard-to-manage bulk mailing systems? You need phpList – a high-powered, robust, feature-packed mailing system that will get out of your way and get the job done! You want to know more about phpList? phpList is a popular open source e-mail campaign manager, sporting a powerful web frontend, rich message editor, and an advanced feature set. phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager will guide you from basic installation and setup through management, reporting, and automation of phpList, the world's most popular open source e-mail campaign manager. It also covers advanced customization and configuration of phpList. We start with a basic configuration, and finish with a full-featured e-mail management engine. You will work your way up from basic installation to advanced topics such as bounce automation, user and click-through tracking, and integration with third-party tools such as WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, and Blogger. Advanced topics such as securing your installation against spammers, attacks, and vulnerabilities are covered, as well as additional advanced and experimental features offered by phpList. This book is an invaluable guide for any e-mail publisher who wants a robust and powerful engine to manage their small-to-huge e-mail distribution empire.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Managing administrators


If you have a few lists that you manage yourself, then you might be quite comfortable simply using the default super-admin account for all administration work. However, if your phpList installation encompasses a lot of lists, you may have delegated management of some of these lists to other (restricted) admins or even other super-admins.

Creating a restricted admin

Let's create another administrator to manage our test2 list. On the main page, click on the admins link to go to the list administrators page:

On this page, you can see the current admin user listed. Click on add new admin to create another administrator:

To start off with, we'll enter a few basic details about our new admin. Include their login name, e-mail address, and password. Unless you want this admin to be granted all possible rights, enter 0 (that is, no) for the Super Admin field, and likewise for the disabled field. Click on Save Changes to save this admin account:

You'll receive a confirmation...