[Mailman-Users] Sending commands to a Mailman controlled mailing list.

[J C Lawrence]

On Wed, 1 May 2002 00:51:20 -0400 
Zack Rusin <zackrat at att.net> wrote:

> Hi everyone, I'm implementing automatic mailing list handling in one
> of the email clients (you can easily guess which one;) ) ...

These questions would be better asked on -developers.

> So: a) are there any specific Mailman commands > one can send to
> Mailman via email? 

That are unique to Mailman?  No.

> And does Mailman follow the standard mailinglist-command at nowhere.com
> syntax for them?  

Not in 2,0, mostly (don't know any exceptions) for 2.1.

> b) should those messages have some specific headers/subjects/bodies,

?? Please clarify.

> c) does the mailinglist-index at nowhere.com syntax work? 

Mp.

> Can one get emails or threads this way:
> mailinglist-get.100_113 at nowhere.com, mailinglist-thread.13 at nowhere.com

No, Mailman does not currently support archive requests.

> d) if any of the above is true, then is it possible to change those
> commands, and if so then do admins actually do that?

Possible in the sense of Open Source, also possible in terms of RFC 2369
being configurable on/off in 2,1, but that's about it.

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