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Brief overview of the e-mail commands
Short overview of e-mail commands
In this section you will find a short overview of the most useful commands for managing SYMPA via e-mail. Please send the commands to sympa@desy.de. Most user commands have three-letter abbreviations (e.g. REV instead of REVIEW). These commands can be indiscriminately placed in the Subject: or in the body of the message.
Some administrative requests are only available to list owner(s). They are indispensable for all procedures in limited access mode, and to perform requests in place of users. These comands are:
command |
action taken |
example |
|---|---|---|
ADD |
Add command similar to SUBSCRIBE. You can avoid user notification by using the QUIET prefix (ie : QUIET ADD). |
ADD listname user@host firstname name |
DELETE |
The delete command similar to SIGNOFF. You can avoid user notification by using the QUIET prefix (ie : QUIET DELETE). |
DELETE listname user@host |
command |
action taken |
example |
|---|---|---|
HELP |
Provides instructions for the use of Sympa commands. |
HELP |
REVIEW |
Provides the addresses of subscribers if the run mode authorizes it. |
REVIEW listname |
WHICH |
Returns the list of lists to which one is subscribed, as well as the configuration of his or her subscription to each of the lists (DIGEST, NOMAIL, SUMMARY, CONCEAL). |
WHICH |
SUBSCRIBE |
Requests sign-up to the specified list. The firstname and name are optional. If the list is parameterized with a restricted subscription, this command is sent to the list owner for approval. |
SUBSCRIBE listname firstname name |
SIGNOFF |
Requests unsubscription from the specified list. SIGNOFF * means unsubscription from all lists. |
SIGNOFF listname firstname.name@desy.de |
SET listname CONCEAL |
Puts the subscriber in conceal mode for the listname list. The subscriber will then become invisible during REVIEW on this list. Only owners will see the whole subscriber list. |
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SET listname NOCONCEAL |
Puts the subscriber in noconceal mode (default) for listname list. The subscriber will then become visible during REVIEW of this list. The conceal mode is then cancelled. |
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QUIT |
Ends acceptance of commands. This can prove useful when the message contains additional lines, as for example in the case where a signature is automatically added by the user’s mail program. |
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CONFIRM |
If the send parameter of a list is set to privatekey, publickey or privateorpublickey, messages are only distributed in the list after an authentication phase by return mail, using a one-time password (numeric key). For this authentication, the sender of the message is requested to post the “CONFIRM key” command to Sympa. This is also true for PUBLIC lists, where e-mails are above the SPAM-level of 5 points. |
CONFIRM key |
QUIET |
This command is used for silent (mute) processing : no performance report is returned for commands prefixed with QUIET. |
