Majordomo Subscriber's Guide

A mailing list is a group of electronic mail addresses that can all be reached by sending mail to a single address, the mailing list address. For example, when you send mail to my_list_name@listlink.berkeley.edu, everyone who belongs to the mailing list will receive your message. Maintaining a mailing list can be tedious when one person, the mailing list owner, has to manually edit a file to add new subscribers or to remove old subscribers.

Majordomo is an easy-to-use software tool that automates the management of mailing lists. You can join, ``subscribe to'', or cancel your participation, ``unsubscribe from'', a mailing list by using Majordomo commands and electronic mail. Majordomo also sends out the on-going mail addressed to the mailing list and can also provide basic information about a mailing list.

(NOTE: If you use MS Outlook to send mail see the Instructions for MS Outlook .)

To use Majordomo, just send mail, addressed to:

majordomo@ccc.at

You can subscribe to a Majodomo mailing list by sending mail to majordomo@ccc.atthat contains this single line, in the body of the message:

subscribe list_name

You can unsubscribe from a Majodomo mailing list by sending mail to majordomo@ccc.atthat contains this single line:

unsubscribe list_name

You can send mail to all the members of the mailing list, by addressing your mail to the list:

list_name@ccc.at

For more details on other Majordomo commands, send mail to majordomo@ccc.atthat contains this single line:

help

Majordomo User Command Summary

Here is a list of majordomo commands for mailing list subscribers. To use Majordomo, send a mail message addressed to majordomo@ccc.atthat contains one or more of the following commands. Make sure to replace ``list_name'' with the actual name of the Majordomo mailing list, and replace your_email_address with your own e-mail address. If your account is on UCLink, then you only need to specify your login name, i.e., john; you do not need to use your full email address, i.e., john@uclink.berkeley.edu. If your email account is not on UCLink, then you need to include your full e-mail address, i.e., joan@garnet.berkeley.edu.

help
To receive a comprehensive list and description of Majordomo user commands.

subscribe list_name your_email_address
Subscribe yourself to list_name.

unsubscribe list_name your_email_address
Unsubscribe yourself from list_name.

get list_name <filename>
Get a file related to list_name.

index list_name
Return an index of files you can ``get'' for list_name.

which your_email_address
Find out which mailing lists you are subscribed to.

who list_name
Get a list of all the people who subscribe to list_name.

info list_name
Retrieve the general introductory information for list_name. lists

Get a list of all the mailing lists managed by this Majordomo server. end

Stop processing commands; ignore any text after this command appears. This is useful if you include a signature in your mail.

Instructions for MS Outlook

We have discovered a problem with Outlook Express and Majordomo. Outlook Express puts extraneous characters in the headers of a message, these characters confuse Majordomo. To fix this, on the Outlook Express Tool Bar, go to "Tools" then "Options" then "Sending Mail". You should have the setting "Plain Text" selected. Additional settings should have MIME encoding highlighted with the line: "Encode text using: NONE"

If this does not work, please send a message to the owner and ask them to subscribe or unsubscribe you. Write to:

listname-owner@ccc.at

You can also change your word wrapping from the default 76 to the highest number 123. I hope these settings will allow you to successfully communicate with majordomo. Otherwise, you may need to use another email client (ie Eudora) to send messages to majordomo.