term% cat index.txt MLMGR(1) General Commands Manual MLMGR(1)
NAME
ml, mlmgr, mlowner - unmoderated mailing lists
SYNOPSIS
upas/mlmgr -c listname
upas/mlmgr -ar listname address
upas/ml [ -r replyto-address ] addressfile listname
upas/mlowner addressfile listname
DESCRIPTION
Mlmgr creates and updates unmoderated mailing lists. The -c option
creates mail directories for both listname and listname-owner, each
containing a pipeto file. Messages mailed to listname are sent to all
members of the mailing list. Any Reply-to: and Precedence: fields are
removed from the messages and new ones are added directing replies to
listname and specifying bulk precedence. The envelope address for er‐
ror replies is set to /dev/null.
The mailing list membership is the file /mail/box/listname/address-
list. This file is an add/remove log. Each line represents a single
address. Lines beginning with a hash (#) are comments. Lines begin‐
ning with an exclamation point (!) are removals. All other lines are
additions.
Addition and removal entries can be appended using the -a and -r op‐
tions to mlmgr. However, they are normally appended as a consequence
of user requests.
To be added or removed from the list, a user may send a message to
listname-owner containing a key word in the header or body. The key
words are:
subscribe - add my From: address to the list
remove - remove my From: address from the list
unsubscribe - remove my From: address from the list
Addition and removal events cause notification messages to be sent to
the added/removed address. In the case of addition, the message de‐
scribes how to be removed.
Ml and mlowner are the programs that receive messages for listname and
listname-owner respectively. Appropriate calls to them are inserted in
the pipeto files created by mlmgr.
Ml's -r option sets the Reply-to: field in the mail sent out by ml.
FILES
/mail/box/<listname>
list's mailbox directory
/mail/box/<listname>-owner
owner's mailbox directory
/mail/box/<listname>/address-list
log of mailing list deletions and additions
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/upas/ml
SEE ALSO
aliasmail(8), faces(1), filter(1), mail(1), marshal(1), nedmail(1),
qer(8), rewrite(6), send(8), smtp(8), upasfs(4)
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