Requesting Information and Subscribing

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In order for a user to get information about lists on a particular host, or to subscribe to lists on a particular host, the user must send a request addressed to imailsrv@domain.com (where domain.com is the name of the host). This email address is a built-in IMail alias that lets users:

• Get general help about the list-server for a particular mail host
• Get specific help about a particular list
• Get a list of all the lists available on a particular mail host
• Get a list of all the subscribers to a particular list
• Subscribe to a subscriber list
• Unsubscribe from a subscriber list

Format of Requests

Requests addressed to imailsrv@domain.com must contain a
list-server command and (when appropriate) a list name in the
body of the message. The following commands may appear in the body of the message:

• Help
• Help listname
• List
• List listname
• Subscribe listname your_name
• Unsubscribe listname your_name

Commands for Requesting Information

The following examples assume there is a list named beer on a mail host named domain.com. The commands for requesting information are as follows:

• To get general help from the list server:

TO: imailsrv@domain.com
Subject:

help

• To display the names of all of the lists on the IMail server:

TO: imailsrv@domain.com
Subject:

list

• To get a list of users subscribed to a specific list:

TO: imailsrv@domain.com
Subject:

list beer

• To get help for a specific list:

TO: imailsrv@domain.com
Subject:

help beer

Commands for Subscribing and Unsubscribing

The following examples assume there is a list named beer on a mail host named domain.com. The commands for subscribing and unsubscribing are as follows:

• To subscribe to the list:

TO: imailsrv@domain.com
Subject:

Subscribe beer Fred Farkle

• To unsubscribe from the list:

TO: imailsrv@domain.com
Subject:

Unsubscribe beer Fred Farkle

• To unsubscribe from a list that allows unsubscribes based on the Subject line. For more information, see "Setting Advanced Options" and "Using a Password":

TO: imailsrv@domain.com
Subject:[:password:]Unsubscribe beer

Commands for the Use of Subscribers

The following examples assume there is a list named beer on a mail host named domain.com. Once a user is subscribed to a list, he can use the following commands:

• To receive a digest of messages sent to the list, enter a command in the form of set mode digest listname. For example,

  TO: imailsrv@domain.com 
  Subject: 
   
  set mode digest beer 
  

• To cancel digest mode and receive messages as they are sent to the list, enter a command in the form of set mode standard listname. For example,

  TO: imailsrv@domain.com 
  Subject: 
   
  set mode standard beer 
  

Commands for the Use of the List Owner (or Moderator)

The following example assumes there is a list named beer on a mail host named domain.com. Only the list owner (or moderator) can use the following:

• To unsubscribe a user from the list:

TO: imailsrv@domain.com
Subject:

Unsubscribe beer userid@domain.com

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