Target Group Definition - Send to a LISTSERV List

To create a new target group, select New Recipient Target Group... from the menu (or go via the right-click menu of the Target Groups node or a target group folder in the subscriber warehouse).

Note: If the new target group has not the desired type "Send to a LISTSERV List", you can change the target group type on the source page.

This Target Group Definition wizard lets you define a target group of the "Send to a LISTSERV List" type that can then be used in the recipients wizard to define the recipients of a job.

The wizard for a target group of the "Send to a LISTSERV List" type has multiple pages:
General, Source, Source Details, Parameters, Input Layout, Input Preview, Recipients Details, and Summary.

The top row of the wizard displays links to each of these pages. The page that is currently open is marked with a highlighted background color. Depending on the choices made on some of the wizard pages, other pages may become disabled or may be shown in different versions. If a wizard page is disabled, then it means that this page is not necessary with the current choices and can safely be ignored.

Source Page: Select LISTSERV List

Select the list name, together with the additional options:

Send as standard list message to list subscribers: Any job using this target group results in a standard message to the list as if it was submitted to the list as a posting by a subscriber or an editor. The posting goes through all normal LISTSERV list processing such as message digests, list archive, and so on. However, bounce reporting from inside of LISTSERV Maestro is not possible for that job and mail merging is only possible if the list is defined to allow mail merging. If mail merging is allowed, tracking is possible too (although no "anonymous" tracking). If mail merging is not allowed, only blind tracking is possible.
Send as special list message: Any job based on this target group is delivered to all subscribers of the list, however, not as a classic posting. It therefore does not undergo the normal list processing (no digests, list archives, and so on). Mail merging is possible as is tracking (except for "anonymous" tracking).

Changing the Target Group's Type

The bottom of the screen contains a link to change the type of the target group that you currently are working on.

Click the link to open a dialog. In this dialog, you can choose the target group type that you want to change to.

Note: Your account may not have all types described below available, depending on how the system administrator has configured your account. You can choose:

Send to Recipients in the Subscriber Warehouse: This target group type is based on a subscriber list in the subscriber warehouse.

After clicking the [OK] button, the screen displays all of the list groups and their respective subscriber lists. Once a list is selected, the wizard will allow for conditions and parameters to be set in order to segment the list subscribers.
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Send to Recipients in the Subscriber Warehouse: This target group type is based on a list group.

After clicking the [OK] button, the screen displays all available list groups. Once a list group is selected, the wizard allows for conditions and parameters to be set in order to segment the list subscribers in the group.
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Select Recipients from a Database or LDAP Directory:

If you choose this target group type, in the target group wizard you will need to select a database or LDAP connection, a SQL statement (or LDAP search), merge column headers, and duplicate elimination, just as you would when using the underlying recipients type in the recipients wizard. Optionally, the SQL statement and LDAP search filters can be parameterized, meaning that you can define parameters for the SQL (or LDAP search) that are filled out by the user in the recipient wizard, when this target group is used for a recipient definition.
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Send to a LISTSERV List:

After clicking the [OK] button, the screen displays all available LISTSERV lists on the server assigned to the account group. Select a list from the drop-down menu, and then select the type of LISTSERV message to send, standard or mail merge.
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Upload Recipients:

The data administrator can set up a server file to be uploaded just before the job is delivered.
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Let LISTSERV Select Recipients From a Database or LDAP Directory:

After clicking the [OK] button, you will need to fill out a database name, a SQL statement, and merge column headers, just as you would when using the underlying recipients type in the recipients wizard. Optionally, the SQL statement may be parameterized, meaning that you may define parameters for the SQL that are filled out by the user in the recipient wizard, when this target group is used for a recipient definition.
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Note: The type of target group that you currently have selected in the target group wizard is omitted from the list of option shown in the dialog described above.