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mlmmj-sub(1)		     General Commands Manual		    mlmmj-sub(1)

NAME
     mlmmj-sub -- subscribe address to a mailinglist run by mlmmj

SYNOPSIS
     mlmmj-sub -L /path/to/list [-a john@doe.org | -a - | -m str]
	       [-cCdnfhqrRsUV]

DESCRIPTION
     -a email
	      Email  address  to  subscribe.  Use - to read addresses from stdin
	      (one per line).

     -c       Send welcome mail (unless requesting confirmation)

     -C       Request mail confirmation (unless switching versions)

     -d       Subscribe to digest version of the list

     -f       Force subscription (do not moderate)

     -h       Print help

     -L path  Full path to list directory

     -m str   Moderation string

     -n       Subscribe to nomail version of the list

     -q       Be quiet (don't notify owner about the subscription)

     -r       Behave as if request arrived via email (internal use)

     -R       Behave as if confirmation arrived via email (internal use)

     -s       Don't send a mail to the subscriber if already subscribed

     -U       Don't switch to the user id of the listdir owner

     -V       Print version

     This utility is used to subscribe people to the specified mailinglist.   It
     will  write the email address in a file with the name of the beginning let-
     ter of the email address getting subscribed in the <listdir>/subscribers.d/
     directory.

     The digest version of the list is a list version where people receive post-
     ings to the list periodically (e.g. once a day) or when a large  number  of
     posts    have    accumulated.     Digest	 subscribers	are    in    the
     <listdir>/digesters.d/ directory.

     The nomail version of the list is a list  version	where  people  are  sub-
     scribed  like usual, but they won't receive any postings to the list.  This
     is useful for people who read the mailinglist through a news  gateway,  but
     want  to  be  able  to  post  to  the  list.  Nomail subscribers are in the
     <listdir>/nomailsubs.d/ directory.

     Unless the -U switch is used it will switch its user id to the user id own-
     ing the list directory.  This is done to make sure that new  files  created
     are having correct permissions.

     If  the given address is already subscribed to the list, but to a different
     version, the subscription is switched to that version, and confirmation and
     moderation are bypassed.  If the address is already subscribed to the  ver-
     sion  requested,  a mail is sent to the subscriber, unless the -s switch is
     used.

     Subscription may be moderated (if <listdir>/control/submod  exists)  unless
     the  -f switch is given.  When a subscription is permitted by a gatekeeper,
     welcome messages are sent to the subscriber as usual, regardless of options
     given now.

     To ensure subscription is silent from the point of view of the  subscriber,
     use  -f,  but neither -c nor -C.  To inhibit notification of the owner, use
     -q.  Use of -s is recommended to ensure you don't	spam  already-subscribed
     addresses by accident.

SEE ALSO
     mlmmj-unsub(1), setuid(2)

AUTHORS
     This manual page was written by the following persons: Soren Boll Overgaard
     <boll@debian.org> (based on html2man output)
     Mads Martin Jorgensen <mmj@mmj.dk>

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	September 1, 2004		    mlmmj-sub(1)

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