{"id":1004,"date":"2018-09-17T23:35:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T23:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/listservcommands\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T11:24:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T18:24:10","slug":"listservcommands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/listservcommands\/","title":{"rendered":"Listserv – Email Commands Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n All commands that control a list must be sent to the\u00a0LISTSERV@LISTS.NAU.EDU<\/a>.<\/p>\n Listserv commands are in the form of:\u00a0COMMAND LISTNAME ADDITIONAL_ARGUMENTS<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Commands must always be in the body of the email.\u00a0Make sure you remove any text in you email body like signatures, pictures and animated pictures.<\/p>\n Any commands that are sent to a\u00a0listname\u00a0itself, such as\u00a0sample-l@lists.nau.edu will be distributed to everyone on the particular\u00a0list as a normal email message. Don’t send commands to the\u00a0listname\u00a0address<\/p>\n top<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To subscribe yourself to a list (you can only ‘subscribe’ yourself!) use the Subscribe and Unsubscribe command.<\/p>\n Command Format: COMMAND ListServName<\/p>\n Examples:<\/p>\n SUBSCRIBE ListName LISTSERV will extract the email address from the “From:” line of your\u00a0message and add that address to the subscriber list.<\/p>\n top<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n List owners must use ADD and DELETE commands to subscribe or un-subscribe others to\/from a list.<\/p>\n Command Format: COMMAND listname Full_name<\/p>\n Examples: Note: Examples: top<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To review all the subscribers on your list use the REVIEW command.<\/p>\n Command Format: COMMAND listnameNOHEADER BY NAME<\/p>\n Example: This gives you a list of subscribers sorted by last name, without\u00a0including the list header.<\/p>\n top<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Listserv is a bulk email tool that can send thousands of individual emails to predefined groups of people. Listserv provides the performance you need to manage all of your opt-in email lists, including email newsletters, announcement lists, discussion groups and email communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n top<\/a>\n\n
<\/a>Commands Overview<\/h3>\n
Important!<\/h4>\n
<\/a>Subscribing to a Listserv<\/h3>\n
\nUNSUBSCRIBE ListName<\/p>\n<\/a>List Owners Commands<\/h3>\n
\nADD sample-l John.Doe@nau.edu john doe
\nDELETE sample-l John.Doe@nau.edu<\/p>\n
\nThe Full_name should contain at least two words,\u00a0but it is also possible to add users without knowing the value\u00a0for Full_name. Simply use an asterisk “*” character.<\/p>\n
\nCorrect — ADD sample-l John.Doe@nau.edu John Doe
\nCorrect — ADD sample-l John.Doe@nau.edu *
\nWrong — ADD sample-l John.Doe@nau.edu John<\/p>\n<\/a>Reviewing Subscribers on Your List<\/h3>\n
\nREVIEW sample-l NOHEADER BY NAME<\/p>\nRelated Services<\/h3>\n
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