From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 9 03:12:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E08B16A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 03:12:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay.gufi.org (civetta.gufi.org [193.27.203.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B67DC43D2D for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 03:12:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from minimalist@gufi.org) Received: by relay.gufi.org (Postfix, from userid 65534) id C14DA20F7B; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 05:12:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Minimalist Manager MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: X-Sender: minimalist@gufi.org X-List-Server: Minimalist v2.5(1) (Idleness) Message-Id: <20040809031250.C14DA20F7B@relay.gufi.org> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 05:12:50 +0200 (CEST) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: gutted X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 03:12:52 -0000 ERROR: Bad syntax or unknown instruction. SOLUTION: This is the Minimalist Mailing List Manager. Commands may be either in subject of message (one command per message) or in body (one or more commands, one per line). Batched processing start= s when subject either empty or contains command 'body' (without quotes) and stops when either arrives command 'stop' or 'exit' (without quotes) or gets 10 incorrect commands. Supported commands are: subscribe [] : Subscribe user to . If contains suffix '-writers', user will be able to write to this , but will not receive messages from it. unsubscribe [] : Unsubscribe user from . Can be used with suffix '-writers' (see above description for subscribe) auth : Confirm command, used in response to subscription requests in some ca= ses. This command isn't standalone, it must be used only in response to a request by Minimalist. mode : Set mode for specified user on specified list. Allowed only for administrator. Mode can be (without quotes): * 'reader' - read-only access to the list for the user; * 'writer' - user can post messages to the list regardless of list'= s status * 'usual' - clear any two above mentioned modes * 'suspend' - suspend user subscription * 'resume' - resume previously suspended permission * 'maxsize ' - set maximum size (in bytes) of messages, which user wants to receive * 'reset' - clear all modes for specified user suspend : Stop receiving of messages from specified mailing list resume : Restore receiving of messages from specified mailing list maxsize : Set maximum size (in bytes) of messages, which user wants to receive which [] : Return list of lists to which user is subscribed info [] : Request information about all existing lists or about who : Return the list of users subscribed to help : This message Note, that commands with , 'who' and 'mode' can only be used by administrators (users identified in the 'mailfrom' authentication scheme = or who used a correct password - either global or local). Otherwise command = will be ignored. Password must be supplied in the first line of the message bo= dy in the following format: *password: list_password followed by any number of empty rows. This line, of course, will be remov= ed from the message before sending message to subscribers. --=20 Sincerely, the Minimalist