Requesting and Subscribing to List Information

In order for users to get information about lists on a particular mail host or to subscribe to lists on a particular mail host, users must send a request addressed to imailsrv@domain.com (where domain.com is the name of the mail host) and (when appropriate) include a list name in the body of the message. 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 list-server mailing 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
• Get a digest of messages sent to the list

The following example request commands assume there is a list named "beer" on a mail domain named domain.com.

Requesting List Information

The commands for requesting list information are as follows:

1. Help. To get general help from the list server:

   TO: imailsrv@domain.com
Subject:

help

2. Help [listname. To get help for a specific list:

   TO: imailsrv@domain.com
Subject:

help beer

3. List. To get the names of the list-server mailing lists on the IMail Server:

   TO: imailsrv@domain.com
   Subject:

   list

4. List [listname]. To get a list of users subscribed to a specific list:

   TO: imailsrv@domain.com
   Subject:

   list beer

Subscribing and Unsubscribing to a List or Digest

The commands for subscribing and unsubscribing to lists or list digests are as follows:

1. Subscribe. To subscribe to a specific list:

   TO: imailsrv@domain.com

   Subject:

   Subscribe beer Fred Farkle

2. Unsubscribe. To unsubscribe to a specific list:

   TO: imailsrv@ domain.com

   Subject:

   Unsubscribe beer Fred Farkle

3. Set mode digest listname. To receive a digest of messages sent to the list:

   TO: imailsrv@domain.com

   Subject:

   set mode digest beer

4. Set mode standard listname. To cancel digest mode and receive messages as they are sent to the list:

   TO: imailsrv@domain.com

   Subject:

   set mode standard beer