Some lists need to be initialized with subscribers:
- If you are managing a mailing list,
such as for a committee,
then you might want to make several updates at once.
quiet del listname *
quiet add listname email-address (User Name)
quiet add listname email-address (User Name)
quiet add listname email-address (User Name)
The initial del quietly removes everyone
from the list, and the adds quietly
adds the new list subscribers.
If some existing subscribers are to remain on the list,
then you might want to avoid removing and adding them
because that would remove any record of their personal options.
quiet del listname thisuser@thatsite.com
quiet del listname thatuser@thissite.org
If you users to be informed of the changes,
then don't use the QUIET option:
del listname thisuser@thatsite.com
add listname thatuser@thissite.org List Q. User
- If you are transferring a list from another server,
you might want to transfer the old subscribers to the new list.
LISTSERV provides a
special mechanism for importing subscribers:
QUIET ADD listname DD=X IMPORT
//X DD *
email-address
email-address
/*
