Email commands

The easiest way to use the mailing list is to send commands via email, and emails can contain multiple commands.

To send a single command to Sympa by email you must:

Screenshot: sending a single command by email.

Type the command into the subject line of your email
Make sure that the message body is blank (if you have an email signature, this must also be removed).
Send the email to sympa@sympa.bristol.ac.uk.

If you are sending more than one command you must:

Screenshot: multiple commands in the body of the email.

Leave the subject line blank.
In the message body, write each command on a new line.
Make sure that the message is in plain text and not in HTML format (refer to your email application documentation fort further help on this point).
Make sure that your message only contains Sympa commands and nothing else (if you have an email signature, this must also be removed).
Send the email to sympa@sympa.bristol.ac.uk.

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

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