Mailing List Commands

Function

Command

Example

To SUBSCRIBE to a list

SUBSCRIBE listname <your name>

Subscribe RITTI-L Pedro Martinez

 

To REMOVE yourself from a list

SIGNOFF listname

--or—

UNSUBSCRIBE listname

SIGNOFF RITTI-L

To receive the list in DIGEST format (all daily messages are compiled into 1 daily message)

SET listname DIGEST

 

SET RITTI-L DIGEST

CANCEL DIGEST formatting

SET listname MAIL

--or—

SET listname NODIGEST

SET RITTI-L NODIGEST

SUSPEND MAIL TEMPORARILY (without unsubscribing.  IE. Vacations, etc)

SET listname NOMAIL

SET RITTI-L NOMAIL

RESUME RECEIPT of messages

SET listname MAIL

SET RITTI-L MAIL

 

RECEIVE COPIES of your own messages

SET listname REPRO

 

SET RITTI-L REPRO

 

To NOT RECEIVE copies of your own messages

 

SET listname NOREPRO

SET RITTI-L NOREPRO

To simply RECEIVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT that your message was sent to the list

 

SET listname ACK

SET RITTI-L ACK

OBTAIN A LIST of subscribers of a list

REVIEW listname (f=mail

 

REVIEW RITTI-L (f=mail

OBTAIN A LIST OF LISTS maintained by this mail server

LISTS

 

To SEARCH LISTSERV LISTS with a given keyword or character string in the description

LISTS GLOBAL/keyword

LISTS GLOBAL/education