MLMGR(1) 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 error 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 begin-
ning with a hash (#) are comments. Lines beginning with an
exclamation point (!) are removals. All other lines are
additions.
Addition and removal entries can be appended using the -a
and -r options 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 mes-
sage 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 addi-
tion, the message describes 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.
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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 dele-
tions 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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