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title: "Set Email Submitted to Listserv to be Sent to an Editor First"
canonical: "https://kb.uconn.edu/space/IKB/10731880794/Set%20Email%20Submitted%20to%20Listserv%20to%20be%20Sent%20to%20an%20Editor%20First"
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This article is for students, faculty, and staff who want to send their Listserv list email to an editor before sending it out to others. 

1. In Listserv, click on **List Management** in the left-hand** **menu, and select **List Configuration**.
2. Find the list you wish to adjust from the drop-down.  You may put your email in the **Owner** filter box to limit to only lists you have access to.
3. Click on the **Subscriptions** Tab.
4. Scroll down to the **Send **keyword.
5. Set the **Send*** *keyword to **Editor.**
  - This requires any messages for the list to be sent to the editor for review.
  - Add or remove Editors by going to the **Administrators **tab and entering the email addresses of individuals in the **Editor** field.
6. Click **Update **at the bottom right to save changes to the list.

![screenshot of list configuration page with select list, owner, and send fields highlighted](media://bbe5544d-a9be-4fac-934f-94887dfa1a4a)

### Extra Options (Located Below the *Send* Keyword)

- **Confirm: **requires editors and other users to confirm their own posting.
  - A confirmation email will be sent back to the sender. The sender can reply *OK *to confirm the posting of the email. This reduces spam.
  - The editor still has to send the email to the list if the *Send *keyword equals *Editor.*
- **Confirm Applies to: **sets who requires confirmation.
  - **All: **all members must confirm their posting before it is sent to an editor.
  - **Editors and Non-Members: **editors and non-members must confirm their postings.
  - **Editors Only:** Only editors must confirm their postings.
- **Hold:** OKs any postings as an editor, rather than sending them back to the list.
  - This replaces the need for the Editor to forward the message to the list. If **Hold **is checked, the Editor replies to the posting submitted for review with an **OK. **Listserv then posts the message to the list, rather than the editor having to forward the message to the list as usual.

> ℹ️ The **Hold **setting is different than the **Confirm** setting. **Hold **applies to postings submitted to the editor for review and affects how an editor reviews the posting. **Confirm **applies to when an individual sends to a list and must confirm that they want the message sent.

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