5.6. Managing many lists

There are extra issues related to running many related lists. In particular, you may need to make a regular post to all your lists explaining what lists exist and what they're for. This helps keep things on topic on all the lists.

Your list-of-lists should contain the list names, subscription details, main focus, and an example of the sort of thing posted there. I'd recommend posting it fortnightly or monthly, depending on how busy your lists are and how badly they need it.

Example 5-2. List of lists

Here is the monthly reminder about the foonix mailing lists.

foonix-dev
    Subscription address: foonix-dev-request@example.com
    Topic: Developers of foonix
    Example: "Should we include this in the next release?"

foonix-announce
    Subscription address: foonix-announce-request@example.com
    Topic: Announcements about foonix
    Example: "Version 3 is available for download via FTP"

foonix-support
    Subscription address: foonix-support-request@example.com
    Topic: Questions and support requests
    Example: "I can't get foonix to install"