team@yourdomain.com), and any mail sent to that address fans out to every subscriber. The richer features are around moderation, subscription management, archives, and digest mode.
Open it from cPanel home → Email → Mailing Lists.
Two kinds of lists
When you create a list, you pick its purpose:- Announcement list. Only you (the list admin) can send to it. Subscribers receive but can’t reply to the list. Useful for newsletters and broadcast updates.
- Discussion list. Any subscriber can post. Replies fan out to everyone. Useful for team discussion or community lists.
Create a list
Pick the list address and password
The list runs at
<listname>@yourdomain.com. Set an admin password — you’ll use it for the Mailman web interface later.Pick public or private
Public lets anyone subscribe and lists the list publicly. Private requires admin approval to join and isn’t listed publicly.
Manage subscribers and settings
cPanel hands off the deeper configuration to Mailman’s web UI. From the Mailing Lists page, click Manage next to a list to:- Add or remove subscribers manually
- Approve pending subscription requests
- Read and moderate the message archive
- Tune posting policies (who can post, message size limits, header munging)
- Enable digest mode (subscribers receive one bundled email per day instead of every message)
Tips
- Mailing lists vs forwarders. A forwarder pointing to multiple destinations works for tiny lists (under ~5 people). Above that, use a Mailing List for the unsubscribe handling, archive, and bounce processing Mailman gives you for free.
- Sending from the list address. Replies sent to
team@yourdomain.comfan out to subscribers. Replies sent to an individual subscriber’s address don’t (unless they reply-all). - Bounce handling. Mailman automatically pauses or removes subscribers whose addresses bounce repeatedly. Saves your domain’s reputation when stale addresses pile up.