Utilities: Administration: Topics

Topics are categories used to group mailing lists together. Every mailing list must belong to a topic, and a topic can contain many mailing lists. You may select the topic for a mailing list in Utilities: List Settings: Basic Information: Basics. Topics are for informational purposes only, and do not organize lists in the discussion forum interface or determine any of their characteristics.

Finding a Topic

Twenty topics are shown at a time. To view more, click Show more. Repeatedly clicking Show more shows greater numbers of topics at a time.

You may change the sorting order of the topics by clicking the up or down triangles next to Name or Description. On clicking the top triangle, the sort order is ascending (a-z); clicking the bottom arrow makes the sort order descending (z-a). Click Next to see the next twenty topics, Previous to see the last twenty.

Viewing or Editing a Topic

To view a topic, click on the name next to the topic you'd like to view. You are taken to the Utilities: Administration: Topics: New Topic page, where you can view or edit the topic.

Copying a Topic

Click Copy next to the topic you'd like to copy. Aurea List Manager shows you the old name and description for the topic, and ask you for a new name and description. Once you have saved the topic, you may edit it by clicking on the name.

Deleting a Topic

Click Delete next to the topic you'd like to delete. Aurea List Manager asks you if you're sure before deleting the topic. Note that you cannot delete a topic if you are logged into a list on that topic. Log in to a different list to delete the topic you're currently logged into.

Creating a Topic

Click create new topic to be taken to Utilities: Administration: Topics: New Topic page.

Download as a File

Click on the disk icon to download your list of topics in CSV format.