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How do I use Mailman's email interface?

Each mailing list has addresses associated with it that provide extra functionality. Let's use the list name example-list as a sample and assume you host mydomain.com at Modwest. So, example-list@mydomain.com is the base address where you send an e-mail to post to the list. Here is a list of additional utility addresses:

example-list-join@mydomain.com or example-list-subscribe@mydomain.com

Sending to this address allows someone to subscribe to your list. The e-mail alone is enough to subscribe. The subject and the body of the email is not utilized.

example-list-leave@mydomain.com or example-list-unsubscribe@mydomain.com

This pair is simply the opposite of -join. People that send mail to this address will be removed from the list.

example-list-owner@mydomain.com

Allows people to contact all the administrators of the list by using one address.

example-list-bounces@mydomain.com

An internal address that Mailman uses when dealing with undeliverable mail or when responding to requests.

example-list-confirm@mydomain.com

The address that deals with -join and -leave confirmations.

example-list-request@mydomain.com

Allows you to run commands on your list via email. This is the address you would send to when requesting a subscriber listing. Here are the commands that you can send to -request:

confirm $confirmation_string

If you received an e-mail from the list like a subscription confirmation, you could verify the subscription by sending . confirm [confirmation string]" to -request. The string is required.

end

End tells Mailman to cease reading commands so that it doesn't process your signature file that your mail program may attach.

help

Mailman will send you a copy of the help dialogue upon receiving the help command.

info

This provides general information about the Mailman list.

set

You can use set to change your settings via e-mail. Set help will give you a list of options that you can set. Set show returns your current configuration.

In the following commands, the $address in [address=$address] is your membership address if it is different from the one you are sending from. Arguments surrounded by brackets are optional. Anything with a dollar sign in front of it is variable and should be replaced by a value that is appropriate for your situation.

Password [$oldpassword $newpassword] [address=$address]

Used alone, password will send your current password. With $oldpassword and $newpassword, it sets your new password if you correctly enter your old password.

Subscribe [$password] [digest | nodigest] [address=$address]

You can subscribe to a mailing list with this command. $password is what the initial password will be. If it is not set, Mailman randomly generates a password. You can also pick if you would like to be a digest or non-digest member. Digest members receive a compilation of all correspondence in a day; Non-Digest members receive the messages as they arrive at the mailing list. Setting an $address in this command will invite that address to join the list.

unsubscribe $password [address=$address]

Unsubscribe removes you from the list.

who $password [address=$address]

This command displays the current membership roster of the list. The printout shows the address and name of each member. The roster is separated into non-digest and digest members. Using this command is a good way to procure yourself a copy of your subscribers for backup.

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