COMMAND REFERENCE

List configuration commands

Commands affecting list subscriptions

Commands affecting posting of messages


Command Information

Here is a complete description of the set of list management-related commands recognized by ListProcessor and examples of how to submit commands to the ListProcessor. List managers should also obtain the User Reference for a brief description of user commands and the User Manual for more detailed explanation of user commands.

Everything appearing in [] below is optional; everything appearing in <> is mandatory; all arguments are case insensitive. The vertical bar ("|") is used as a logical OR operator between the arguments. Please note that the brackets or braces or parentheses themselves are NEVER a part of the command. In the syntax examples below, the word "list" must be replaced by your list name, the word "password" must be replaced by your list password, the word "options" must be replaced by any options for the command, and the word "args", short for arguments, must be replaced by any additional arguments that must be added after the options. Commands may be abbreviated, but you must give at least as many characters as needed to distinguish the command from other commands or at least enter the first three characters.

All lists have four levels of management commands: (1) the ListProcessor administrator, (2) list owners, who have ultimate control over the list,(3) list moderators, who do the day-to-day list management, i.e., receive messages to REVIEW, APPROVE, DISCARD, or FORWARD reviewed messages, and(4) subscription managers and error message recipients, both of whom have access only to commands relating to subscriptions to the list; specifically, they can ADD, DELETE, SET ...FOR, and REVIEW; however, error message recipients do not receive commands to subscribe to closed lists which subscription managers receive.

Any command which spans more than one line must have an ampersand (&) at the end of each line to indicate that the command is continued on the next line.


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