Daemon mailbox commands

This mailbox is not configurable. The following commands are supported and have the following uses. All commands will be executed when the message is received by the daemon (or listserv alias) mailbox by addressing the message to daemon@domain.com (where domain.com is your domain or an alias of it)

 

Command

Description

Subscribe listname [address]

Subscribes or adds the sender's email address to the defined listname, where the command 'Subscribe listname' is entered in the Subject line.

 

This command can also be used to subscribe other addresses by adding the address after listname, e.g. subscribe listname user@domain.com

Join

As above (Subscribe)

Unsubscribe  listname [address]

Unsubscribes or removes the sender's email address from the defined listname, where the command 'unsubscribe listname' is entered in the Subject line.

 

This command can also be used to unsubscribe other addresses by adding the address after listname, e.g. unsubscribe listname user@domain.com

Leave

As above (unsubscribe)

List

Returns a list of available lists. Except those with the 'Hide from list command' enabled on their options page.

Confirm-subscribe

System only

Approve

System only

Reject

System only

Retrieve

System only

Delete

System only

 

An example of the use of a command to be sent to the daemon (or listserv alias) mailbox would be as follows:

 

You create a List mailbox usersgroup and want users to be able to add and remove their email addresses themselves.

 

So the command would be:

 

Send an email to the daemon@domain.com (or listserv alias) with 'subscribe usersgroup' (no quotes) in the message subject line. the senders email address will be added to the usersgroup list.

 

To add someone elses address to the list use the following command in the subject line subscribe usersgroup user@domain.com

 

Note the address is an optional field, if no address is defined in the subject line, the senders address will be added.