Email Based Administration...

As with most list management software, various tasks can be performed by emailing messages with various subject line commands to the mailer. These tasks are then processed and the appropriate actions are taken.

A variety of subscriber commands have been predefined in the action script, oactions.txt (found in your lists directory). These commands can be modified or added to to meet your needs. . The following is a list of administration commands that can be sent to the mailer with the default action scripts.

A help file can be requested by the list owner by sending a blank email your list with the word

ADMIN-HELP

in the subject line.

A general help file, which is intended for members of the group can be requested by sending a blank email to your list with the word:

HELP

in the subject line.

USING THE LIST:

POSTING A MESSAGE TO THE LIST

Once you are subscribed to the discussion group you may post messages by sending your messages to your list.

ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS

Administration functions con only be issued from the list owner's email address.


ADD A USER TO THE LIST WITH WELCOME EMAIL
To add a user to the list send an email to your list address with

ADD-USER:{EMAIL}

in the subject line. Replace {EMAIL} with the users email address.

NOTE: This sends a welcome email to the subscriber. If you do not wish to send a WELCOME email to the subscriber use
the ADD-USER-SILENT command.
ADD A USER TO THE LIST WITHOUT WELCOME EMAIL
To add a user to the list send an email to your list address with

ADD-USER-SILENT:{EMAIL}

in the subject line. Replace {EMAIL} with the users email address.

NOTE: This DOES NOT send a welcome email to the subscriber. If you WOULD like the subscriber to get a welcome message use
the ADD-USER command.
REMOVE A USER FROM THE LIST
To remove (or unsubscribe) a subscriber from the list send an email to your list address with

DEL-USER:{EMAIL}

in the subject line. Replace {EMAIL} with the users email address
BAN A USER FROM POSTING TO THE LIST
If your list is a discussion list, You may ban any subscriber from posting to the list at any time by sending a blank email to your list address with

BAN:{EMAIL}

in the subject line. Replace {EMAIL} with the users email address.

NOTE: The subscriber will still receive posts sent to the list however any messages they post will be silently rejected.
UN-BAN A USER FROM POSTING TO THE LIST
If your list is a discussion list, You may un-ban any BANNED subscriber at any time by sending a blank email to your list email address with

UN-BAN:{EMAIL}

in the subject line. Replace {EMAIL} with the users email address.

INVITE A USER TO JOIN THE LIST
You may invite a person to join your list by sending a blank email to your list email address with

INVITE-USER:{email}

in the subject line. Replace {EMAIL} with the users email address.

When you 'invite' a person they are sent a message stating that they have been invited to join your list. They can then opt to reply to
the message to join or ignore the message.
GET A LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
To get a list of email addresses that are subscribed to your list send an email to your list address with

GET-USERS

in the subject line.
GET A COPY OF THE LOGFILE
To get a copy of the List Log File, send a blank email to your list email address with

GET-LOG

in the subject line.
PURGE THE LOGFILE
To purge the List Log File, send a blank email to your list email address with

PURGE-LOG

in the subject line
GET LIST STATS
To get statistics for the list, send a blank email to your list email address with

GET-STATS

in the subject line.



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