Mailing List and Catalog Control

Mailing lists are available from Acenet Internet Services. Depending on which package you have you may already have this service. In order to setup your mailing list please contact us at webadmin@acenetglobal.com to request for your mailing list account to be added.

Below is a listing of available commands for managing a mailing list. These commands are issued by the organiser of the mailing list via email.

None of these commands require an account on the server; thus the subject line need not contain any special value when specifying these instructions. Parameters contained in [brackets] are optional. For example: "name [address]" could be entered as "Clark" alone, or with the optional parameter added ("Clark CKent@dailyplanet.com").

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COMMAND	USERS
PARMS	none
DESCRIPTION	A listing of all user accounts which are not flagged to hide their information will be mailed back to the message originator.
EXAMPLE	USERS - send an email with this
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COMMAND	LIST
PARMS	none
DESCRIPTION	A listing of all non-concealed named lists (Mailing Lists that are configured to respond to LIST commands) along with the names and addresses of all members will be mailed back to the message originator.
EXAMPLE	LIST [listname] - Retrieves the membership of the list "LISTNAME" if it is configured to respond to the LIST command. LIST MDSUPP [listname (listpass)] - This command retrieves the membership of the list "LISTNAME" even if it is configured to ignore the LIST command; as long as the list password is correct. Parentheses around the list password ARE required. Ex. LIST MDSUPP (MYPASSWORD)
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COMMAND	SUBSCRIBE
PARMS	listname [address] [{real name}] [(pass)]
DESCRIPTION	The originator is added to the membership of the specified list provided that list exists and allows remote subscriptions. If an optional address is specified after the list name then that address is added to the list’s membership rather than the address found in the FROM: field of the subscription message. A real name can be added for the subscriber by including it in braces (e.g. {Frank Thomas}. If the list’s password follows this command (parentheses around it are required) then the command will be honored even if this list’s subscribe function is switched off.
EXAMPLE	SUBSCRIBE mdsupp SUBSCRIBE mdsupp me@mydomain.com {Frank T} SUBSCRIBE mdsupp you@yourdom.com (PASS)
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COMMAND	UNSUBSCRIBE Or SIGNOFF
PARMS	listname [address] [(pass)]
DESCRIPTION	The originator is removed from the membership of the specified list provided that list exists and contains the originator as a current member. If an optional address is specified after the list’s name then that address is removed from the list’s membership rather than the address found in the FROM: field of the unsubscribe message. If the list’s password follows this command (parentheses around it are required) then the command will be honored even if this list’s unsubscribe function is switched off.
EXAMPLE	UNSUBSCRIBE MDSUPP (MDSPASS) SIGNOFF MDSupportList me@mydomain.com
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COMMAND	UPDATE
PARMS	listname old-address new-address {real name} (password)
DESCRIPTION	Removes "old-address" from the list and replaces it with "new-address". An optional real name and password value may be given.
EXAMPLE	UPDATE mdsupp@altn.com old@my.com new@my.com {Mr. M} UPDATE mdsupp@altn.com old@my.com new@my.com (pass)
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COMMAND	SUPPRESS
PARMS	listname address (password)
DESCRIPTION	This command adds 'address' to the lists suppression file. The list's password must be provided and the list must already have a suppression file associated with it.
EXAMPLE	SUPPRESS list@mydomain.com SUPPRESS me@mydomain.com (PASS)
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COMMAND	UNSUPPRESS
PARMS	listname address (password)
DESCRIPTION	This command removes 'address' from the lists suppression file. The list's password must be provided and the list must already have a suppression file associated with it.
EXAMPLE	UNSUPPRESS list@mydomain.com UNSUPPRESS me@mydomain.com (PASS)

COMMAND	DIGEST
PARMS	listname [address]
DESCRIPTION	The sender is set to receive mail from the list in digest format. If an optional address is specified after the list name then that address is set to digest mode.
EXAMPLE	SET DIGEST MDSupportList SET DIGEST mdsupp joe@mdaemon.com
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COMMAND	NOMAIL
PARMS	listname [address]
DESCRIPTION	This command sets 'address' to nomail mode. The account will enter a suspended state and will no longer receive list traffic. If no address is specified then the originator of the message will be used.
EXAMPLE	NOMAIL list@mydomain.com me@mydomain.com

COMMAND	NORMAL
PARMS	listname [address]
DESCRIPTION	The sender is set to receive mail from "list" in normal (non-digest) format. If an optional address is specifed after the list name then that address is set to receive in normal format instead of the sender.
EXAMPLE	NORMAL MDSupportList@mydomain.com NORMAL mdsupp@domain.com joe@altn.com

COMMAND	MAIL
PARMS	listname [address]
DESCRIPTION	This command returns 'address' to normal mode from nomail mode. If no address is specified then the originator of the message will be used.
EXAMPLE	MAIL list@mydomain.com MAIL list@mydomain.com me@mydomain.com
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COMMAND	REALNAME
PARMS	listname [address] {real name}
DESCRIPTION	This command sets the real name value for "address" who is a member of list "listname" to the given value. The real name must be enclosed in { and } characters.
EXAMPLE	REALNAME mdsupp@altn.com {Frank Thomas}

COMMAND	GET
PARMS	catalog magic-name (password)
DESCRIPTION	Retrieves a file from the specified catalog, MIME encodes it in an email message, and sends that message to the originating account or to the one specified in a RESULTS TO directive. NOTE: The special PUBLIC catalog doesn’t require a catalog name or password in order to retrieve a file.
EXAMPLE	GET utils myutil (mypass)
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COMMAND	DIR
PARMS	catalog
DESCRIPTION	Retrieves a directory of the files and magic names available through the catalog.
EXAMPLE	DIR public