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===== List and User Functions : Documentation =====
=== What is a User? ===
>>**Documentation**:
Main page: [[ListUsersInfo List all USERS]]
~Includes:
~~ -Search users
~~ -[[UserInfo User file]]
~~~ -[[UserHistoryInfo User History]]
>>For PHPlist, a [[UserInfo user]] is first and foremost an email registered on the phplist database. Each email is a user and each user has its own file with values chosen for each attribute in the system.
Depending on which [[ConfigureAttributesInfo attributes]] are created by the site [[AdministratorFunctionsInfo administrators]], more information can be attached to a user besides his/her email: last name, country, computer used, favorite color, etc.
=== What is a List? ===
>>**Documentation**:
Main page: [[ListListsInfo List the current LISTS]]
~Includes:
~~ -Create/modify the description and parameters of a list, tips on how to use lists
~~ -[[ViewMembersInfo View Members]]: List, add, remove users on a list, move users to another list
>>With PHPlist, users can subscribe to [[ListListsInfo lists]] which are administered by admins who can send messages to these lists. These lists //appear// to work like ordinary mailinglists, but they are //not// ordinary mailing lists:
~1) Lists are not for discussion in phplist. Lists are used to send messages one-way only.
~1) Contrary to a regular mailinglist system which typically only records a user's email, phplist allows admins to create additional attributes which can be used to send targeted messages.
For example, if an admin has created 3 attributes: Name, City, Favorite Color, he/she can send a message to a list with 3000 subscribers only to the users who live in "Honolulu" and whose favorite color is "Pink". Instead of drowning 3000 people with information that only those 34 pink-lovers in Honolulu would be interested in, phplist allows admins to send emails to the right people.
=== The notion of "list ownership" ===
Each [[ListListsInfo list]] is owned by only **one** [[AdministratorFunctionsInfo administrator]]. Each administrator can own several lists. An administrator cannot send a message to lists owned by other administrators.
**Important:** each administrator can **only** have access to the [[UserInfo user files]] of people who have subscribed to at least one list they administer. Only SuperAdmins have access to all the users and all the lists.
=== Exporting Users ===
>>**Documentation**:
Main page: [[ExportUsersInfo Export users]]
~Includes:
~~ -Exporting all users
~~ -Exporting users of a list
>>Exporting users allows you to use the users' data in any spreadsheet program. This can be useful when you wish to conduct a statistical survey on the users on your database which requires specialized computing skills only available on dedicated programs. phplist is not designed to do elaborate calculations or search queries and to present the result in an easy-to-use format.
=== Importing Users ===
>>**Documentation**:
Main page: [[ImportUsersInfo Import users]]
~Includes:
~~ -Importing users
>>Any number of email addresses can be imported into phplist from a spreadsheet.
=== Reconcile users ===
>>**Documentation**:
Main page: [[ReconcileUsersInfo Reconcile users]]
~Includes:
~~ - several options to maintain the user lists
>>The [[ReconcileUsersInfo Reconcile users]] page provides several options to maintain the user lists. These include: delete all users not subscribed to any list, find users with an invalid email, delete users with an invalid email, mark all users to receive html, etc.
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===== List and User Functions : Documentation =====
=== What is a User? ===
>>**Documentation**:
Main page: [[ListUsersInfo List all USERS]]
~Includes:
~~ -Search users
~~ -[[UserInfo User file]]
~~~ -[[UserHistoryInfo User History]]
>>For PHPlist, a [[UserInfo user]] is first and foremost an email registered on the phplist database. Each email is a user and each user has its own file with values chosen for each attribute in the system.
Depending on which [[ConfigureAttributesInfo attributes]] are created by the site [[AdministratorFunctionsInfo administrators]], more information can be attached to a user besides his/her email: last name, country, computer used, favorite color, etc.
=== What is a List? ===
>>**Documentation**:
Main page: [[ListListsInfo List the current LISTS]]
~Includes:
~~ -Create/modify the description and parameters of a list, tips on how to use lists
~~ -[[ViewMembersInfo View Members]]: List, add, remove users on a list, move users to another list
>>With PHPlist, users can subscribe to [[ListListsInfo lists]] which are administered by admins who can send messages to these lists. These lists //appear// to work like ordinary mailinglists, but they are //not// ordinary mailing lists:
~1) Lists are not for discussion in phplist. Lists are used to send messages one-way only.
~1) Contrary to a regular mailinglist system which typically only records a user's email, phplist allows admins to create additional attributes which can be used to send targeted messages.
For example, if an admin has created 3 attributes: Name, City, Favorite Color, he/she can send a message to a list with 3000 subscribers only to the users who live in "Honolulu" and whose favorite color is "Pink". Instead of drowning 3000 people with information that only those 34 pink-lovers in Honolulu would be interested in, phplist allows admins to send emails to the right people.
=== The notion of "list ownership" ===
Each [[ListListsInfo list]] is owned by only **one** [[AdministratorFunctionsInfo administrator]]. Each administrator can own several lists. An administrator cannot send a message to lists owned by other administrators.
**Important:** each administrator can **only** have access to the [[UserInfo user files]] of people who have subscribed to at least one list they administer. Only SuperAdmins have access to all the users and all the lists.
=== Exporting Users ===
>>**Documentation**:
Main page: [[ExportUsersInfo Export users]]
~Includes:
~~ -Exporting all users
~~ -Exporting users of a list
>>Exporting users allows you to use the users' data in any spreadsheet program. This can be useful when you wish to conduct a statistical survey on the users on your database which requires specialized computing skills only available on dedicated programs. phplist is not designed to do elaborate calculations or search queries and to present the result in an easy-to-use format.
=== Importing Users ===
>>**Documentation**:
Main page: [[ImportUsersInfo Import users]]
~Includes:
~~ -Importing users
>>Any number of email addresses can be imported into phplist from a spreadsheet.
=== Reconcile users ===
>>**Documentation**:
Main page: [[ReconcileUsersInfo Reconcile users]]
~Includes:
~~ - several options to maintain the user lists
>>The [[ReconcileUsersInfo Reconcile users]] page provides several options to maintain the user lists. These include: delete all users not subscribed to any list, find users with an invalid email, delete users with an invalid email, mark all users to receive html, etc.
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