Adding a Subscriber by Forwarding

Adding a subscriber by forwarding a message from the specified user.

Warning: You must be able to forward a message unmodified (i.e. with the headers unchanged) in order for this to work; otherwise you will end up adding or removing yourself from the list.

First, you set up a program alias:

1. Expand a mail host folder and select the Aliases folder.
2. Click the Add Alias button.
3. In the "New Alias" dialog box, enter an alias name. (For example, if the list name is Parrots, you might set up an alias named Parrots_add.
4. Select the Program alias type.
5. Click OK.
6. In the Resolves to box, enter the alias properties using the following format:

   imailsrv -add domain listname

For example:

imailsrv -add exotic.birds.com Parrots

Then, to subscribe a user by forwarding a message from the user to the alias (Parrots_add), and the original sender of the message will be subscribed.