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3.2 The email interface
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Every mailing list has a set of email addresses to which messages can be
sent. There's always one address for posting messages to the list, one
address to which bounces are sent, and addresses for processing email
commands. For a fictional mailing list called
<span class="email">mylist@example.com</span>, you'd find these addresses:
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<LI><span class="email">mylist@example.com</span> - this is the email address people should
use for new postings to the list.
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<LI><span class="email">mylist-join@example.com</span> - by sending a message to this address,
a new member can request subscription to the list. Both the
<span class="mailheader">Subject:</span> header and body of such a message are
ignored. Note that mylist-subscribe@example.com is an alias for
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<LI><span class="email">mylist-request@example.com</span> - This address reaches a mail robot
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subscription options, as well as process other commands.
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There's also an -admin address which also reaches the list administrators,
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For changing options, we use the <span class="email">LISTNAME-request</span>
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Commands can appear in the subject line or the body of the message. Each
command should be on a separate line. If your mail program automatically
appends a signature to your messages, you may want to put the word
``<var>end</var>'' (without the quotes) on a separate line after your other commands.
The <var>end</var> command tells Mailman not to process the email after that
point.
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The most important command is probably the ``<var>help</var>'' command, since it
makes Mailman return a message full of useful information about the
email commands and directions to the web interface.
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Quick references to the subscriber commands have been provided in
Appendices <A HREF="node41.html#a:commands">A</A> and <A HREF="node42.html#a:options">B</A>. (These have been slightly
adapted from the output of the <var>help</var> command.)
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