I have created a list called members from my control panel.

Now how do I send an email to all the subscribers of the list? Also how can they subscribe/unsubsciber?


-Omair

<edit: it was completely wrong, sorry>

Here is a page with a list of commands that you can run with the list software

http://www-eval.srv.cis.pitt.edu/~postman/lists/Doc/list-owner-info.html

You can enable the subscription on the control panel, and then users send Email to it requesting subscribe. Look thta page over, it has the commands and info on it.

Accordin to the page, k9brian gave above when I send a subscribe request to majordomo@domain.com nothing happens.

Anyone can tell how to control this wild mailing list? :(



-Omair

did you send it to majordomo@(enteredyourdoman)
actually changed it to your domainname?


and have you gone into your control panel under the list management and changed it to allow list subscriptions?

I sent it to my own domain as well as I have also selected allow subscriptions in list management.



-Omair

I remember something about the subscribe_policy being set to open - which means you cant subscribe someone else to the list.

I wrote an article on this here ( although the title is 'Majordomo on RAQ - how to turn it to an announcement list' it wil show you how to modify the config file by mail ).

http://www.aspcode.net/newaspcode/showquestion.php?faq=22&fldAuto=159


In the article I even promised to release a freeware webbased subscribe/unsubscribe script, however never had the chance to.

majordomo@domain.com

Make sure your email that you are sending has proper headers (from, reply-to etc...). What email client are you using to send your email for this test? I ran into a problem where I wasn't sending full email headers via PHP and it was failing.

Then, in the body, just "subscribe listname" should be there. I don't think you need a subject, but I send the same info in the subject just to be safe (or I probably forgot which was corect.).

Allow user subscriptions - checked.

Can you get email at domain.com?

Originally posted by Omair Haroon
Accordin to the page, k9brian gave above when I send a subscribe request to majordomo@domain.com nothing happens.

Anyone can tell how to control this wild mailing list? :(



-Omair

Make sure you're sending the message as TEXT, and not as a rich-text or semi-HTML document. Microbloat's flagship product, Outlook Express, normally doesn't send plain TEXT as the default format -- and if so, you need to toggle the format of the e-mail.

Majordomo needs to be able to READ and find the line:
subscribe <list>

I am using Outlook express and I am sending emails in Text Format to majordomo@hostingbetter.com with text


subscribe hblist


but still I ain't getting any messages or nothing. :(
Any idea why ?

Mail works correctly both ways?

You can send a regular old email to yourself@hostingbetter.com, then reply to it from PINE on the server, just using reply?

I'm just thinking that you may be having email problems. Sorry if I'm going down a road you've already checked out :)

Also, check out what's listed in /etc/mail/aliases.majordomo and see where mail for the list is getting bounced to. It may help you debug a little better. Remeber, if you edit that file, run newaliases afterwards. But most errors should be getting bounced to admin, so check admin's mail for any errors.

Try sending

config hblist <password for hblist>

and see if you get anything back.


This should send back all of the config file for the list (you might check the config to make sure that the list is "open" to subscriptions).

If you're very, very careful you can actually (re)config the list via a

newconfig hblist <password>

....... < config file goes here >...........

I have tried sending email to majordomo@hostingbetter.com (the domain where the list is) with the following text

config hblist password

But no avail. I never receive even a reply. I have also checked Administrator's email and there is nothing such bounced email or any other email related to majordomo.

I am receiving regular emails like omair@hostingbetter-NOSPAM.com and etc.


How do I reply to reply to it from PINE on the server, just using reply?


Allow user subscriptions - checked.

Yes!


Can you get email at domain.com?

Yes


-Omair

From shell prompt, just type in pine (you have to be the user you are checking mail for)

Then, just read your mail, and reply to the message. That way, you can be sure you server is sending mail properly.

Other than your server not being able to send mail, I don't know what the problem could be. Are you working on your CP script using this server? Maybe something got messed up or misconfigured?

There has to be a log somewhere thats logging your lost emails. I'd say go on a hunt for it. Have you checked /var/log/maillog?