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Since the early days of networked computing email has been used for group comunications which takes advantage of the ability to address an email message to multiple receipients. SDF hosts several email lists or mlists which are managed via // | Since the early days of networked computing email has been used for group comunications which takes advantage of the ability to address an email message to multiple receipients. SDF hosts several email lists or mlists which are managed via // | ||
- | ==== Mail list Basics ==== | + | ==== SDF Mlist Basics ==== |
Although there are several commands listed in the // | Although there are several commands listed in the // | ||
< | < | ||
+ | # get the majordomo help documentation: | ||
+ | $ echo ' | ||
+ | |||
# get a list of SDF hosted email lists: | # get a list of SDF hosted email lists: | ||
- | $ echo ' | + | $ echo ' |
+ | |||
+ | # get info on a specific SDF mlist: | ||
+ | $ echo 'info XYZ' | mail -s 'Info on XYZ mlist' majordomo@sdf.org | ||
- | # subcribe to a list: | + | # subcribe to a specific mlist: |
- | $ echo ' | + | $ echo ' |
- | # unsubscribe to a list: | + | # unsubscribe to same mlist: |
- | $ echo ' | + | $ echo ' |
</ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note that the //-s ' | ||
If you wish to subscribe using an email address other than the one associated with your SDF account simply append it to the end of the command line: | If you wish to subscribe using an email address other than the one associated with your SDF account simply append it to the end of the command line: | ||
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< | < | ||
# subscribing to list XYZ using some other email address: | # subscribing to list XYZ using some other email address: | ||
- | $ echo ' | + | $ echo ' |
</ | </ | ||
- | For security mlist subscription requests generally require a one-time authorization be sent back to '' | + | For security |
- | ==== Reading Archives ==== | + | |
+ | < | ||
+ | # example majordomo mlist confirmation: | ||
+ | $ echo 'auth 5033d5d2027b51a2 subscribe XYZ sdf_usr@sdf.org' | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you ever need a reminder as to which -- if any -- SDF mlists you are currently subscribed to: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | # show my SDF mlist subscriptions: | ||
+ | $ echo ' | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ==== Reading | ||
+ | While // | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | / | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Simple listings of the various mlist archives can be achieved using various Unix command pipes: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | # show top-level SDF mlist listing: | ||
+ | $ cd / | ||
+ | $ ls -1 | sed ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | afitnuke-l | ||
+ | anonradio-l | ||
+ | bts-loss | ||
+ | comp-l | ||
+ | cw-l | ||
+ | discuss-l | ||
+ | educators-l | ||
+ | fourquad-l | ||
+ | green-l | ||
+ | |||
+ | # list all archives of a particular mlist: | ||
+ | $ cd / | ||
+ | $ ls uktour* | rs | ||
+ | |||
+ | uktour.0209 | ||
+ | uktour.0210 | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | These are all just MBox-formatted email files so you could just use a pager like '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | # reading the uktour.0209 archive using more(1): | ||
+ | $ more / | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can use ''/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Still, using an actual mail user agent (MUA) will probably improve the readability. | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | # reading the uktour.0209 archive using mail(1): | ||
+ | $ mail -f / | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | For guidance on using '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | There is also **mlists** , an SDF user-contributed SDF mlist archive browser -- just a shell script -- which uses the forementioned //mail// MUA to make browsing the mlist archives a bit easier. **mlists** is located on the SDF cluster at /// | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | $ / | ||
+ | |||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | -h | ||
+ | -l | ||
+ | -t | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | ie. ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | $ / | ||
+ | afitnuke-l | ||
+ | anonradio-l | ||
+ | bts-loss | ||
+ | comp-l | ||
+ | cw-l | ||
+ | discuss-l | ||
+ | educators-l | ||
+ | fourquad-l | ||
+ | green-l | ||
+ | |||
+ | $ / | ||
+ | SDF mlist archives matching " | ||
+ | |||
+ | [01] anonradio-l.1507 | ||
+ | [02] anonradio-l.1508 | ||
+ | [03] anonradio-l.1509 | ||
+ | [04] anonradio-l.1510 | ||
+ | [05] anonradio-l.1511 | ||
+ | [06] anonradio-l.1512 | ||
+ | [07] anonradio-l.1601 | ||
+ | ... | ||
+ | [s] Enter new search term | ||
+ | [q] | ||
+ | |||
+ | Enter item [#], do new [s]earch, [l]ist-all or [q]uit: | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Once an archive is selected it opens in the '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | * **// | ||
+ | * **h** -- refresh message listing | ||
+ | * **q** -- quit //mail// (returns to browser mode) | ||
+ | * **z** or **z-** | ||
+ | * **f /< | ||
+ | |||
+ | Messages display using your PAGER (//more// is default); use arrow keys, page up/down, or spacebar to navigate or ' | ||
==== More Info ==== | ==== More Info ==== |
majordomo_on_sdf.txt · Last modified: 2022/12/05 06:23 by hc9