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MAILMAN

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2008
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NAME

mailman - Administer UGCS mailing lists

SYNOPSIS

mailman <command> <listname> [ arguments ]

DESCRIPTION

mailman is a command-line interface to UGCS mailman mailing lists. It can perform most common administrative tasks (creating lists, adding members, removing members, etc). If you want more fine-grained control, you will have to use the web frontend at https://hermes.ugcs.caltech.edu/lists/<listname>. Note that you must be listed as a list owner in order to perform any of these operations.

COMMANDS

mylists: Show all lists that you own and may administer
show_owner: List the owners of the specified mailing list
create: Creates the specified list
list_members: Show current subscribers to the specified list
add_members: Add the specified email address to the list
remove_members: Remove the specified members from the list
set_members: Adjusts the list's membership so that it matches the addresses listed in the specified file. "-" can be specified as a file in order to use standard input. If no file is specified, it will open up a list of current subscribers in an editor, and then adjust the list membership after the editor is closed
reset_password: Generates a random new password for the specified list. This is useful if you've forgetten the password and need to make changes with the web frontend. The new password is also emailed to all list owners.
delete_list: Deletes the specified list
set_spam: Sets the spam kill level for the given list

EXAMPLES

mailman set <listname>

Opens up a list of the list subscribers in an editor, and lets you edit lists much like the dropfile interface.

BUGS

Email sysadmins@ugcs.caltech.edu if you find any bugs

AUTHOR

Written by Joshua Hutchins, 2008 for UGCS.

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