Sympa supports the traditional email command user interface. Sympa will use the sender’s email address to perform the authentication and verification of the commands based on your role on the mail list: privileged owner, owner, editor, subscriber. Email commands can be sent to sympa@lists.illinois.edu or sympa@robotDomain and the server will respond with the appropriate content. There are two basic approaches for sending commands via email:
- Send single commands in the subject with a blank body
- Note: data in the body will cause an error, e.g. auto signatures
- Send multiple commands in the body, one per line
- Note: the subject should remain blank or Sympa will error
- Commands for users
HELP: receive a list of all available commands
LISTS: receive a list of all lists managed on the server
WHICH: receive a list of all lists to which you are subscribed
CONFIRM key: confirm sending of a message (according to the way the list is configured)
QUIT: indicates the end of the commands (used to ignore a signature)
INFO list: get information about the list
REVIEW list: receive a list of all list members
SUBSCRIBE list name: subscription (or subscription confirmation) to the list
INVITE list email: invite someone to subscribe to the list
UNSUBSCRIBE list email: unsubscribe from the list. The email address is required only if you want to unsubscribe with an address other than the address with which you send the message
UNSUBSCRIBE * email: unsubscribe from all the lists to which you are subscribed
SET list NOMAIL: suspend receipt of the list’s messages
SET list DIGEST: receive messages in digest mode
SET list DIGESTPLAIN: receive messages in digest mode (plain text)
SET list SUMMARY: only receive the message list
SET list NOTICE: only receive the message subjects
SET list MAIL: normal message delivery mode
SET list CONCEAL: become unlisted (hidden subscriber address)
SET list NOCONCEAL: subscriber address visible via REView
INDEX list: receive the list of the archive files
GET list file: receive a file of the list archive
LAST list: receive the list’s most recent message
Commands for list owners
ADD list email name: add a member to the list
DEL list email: remove a subscriber from the list
STATS list: check the statistics for the list
REMIND list: send to all subscribers a personalized reminder with the address with which he/she is subscribed to the list
Commands for list moderators
DISTRIBUTE list key: approve of a message
REJECT list key: reject a message to be moderated
MODINDEX list: check the list of messages to be moderated
DISTRIBUTE list key: approve of a messageREJECT list key: reject a message to be moderatedMODINDEX list: check the list of messages to be moderated
For more information, please see: https://lists.sympa.community/help/commands.html