Communicate/MailingListGuidelines/ConfiguringLists

= Guidelines for Configuring Lists =

This page tries to capture the normal and expected behavior of Fedora mailing lists, then turn that into a set of guidelines. Following these guidelines should help make your list sane and safe for list inhabitants.

Any of these guidelines can change for environmental reasons. For example, a private list would follow the guidelines differently.

1. Configure at least two administrators for the mailing list. 1. Require subscribers to Confirm their subscription via email reply. 1. Make certain the archives are set to public. 1. Configure the  to send replies to the mailing list. 1. Set the subscribers list to be hidden to all but the list administrators. 1. Remove the mailing list name from the subject line (a.k.a. subject line junk ).