Whats involved in “owning” a Mailing List?
For most Mailing Lists there is very little activity involved in being an owner once the initial setup of the list is accomplished. You will normally receive additional e-mail pertaining to the operation of the list but most of the messages do not require a response. However, if you decide to restrict subscriptions to the list and/or decide to moderate the list, there will be extra work involved. Restricting subscriptions will mean that you either have to approve (via e-mail) all subscriptions to the list or, at the highest level of restriction, will actually have to subscribe and sign-off individual users by means of listserv commands. If the list is “moderated”, either you as the owner or whoever you designate as “Editor” or “Moderator(s)” will have to approve (via e-mail) each message sent to the list. There can also be additional duties involved in saving files, creating welcome and farewell screens, etc., depending on how sophisticated you want your list to be.
