QTH
Reflector
- Email Subscription Commands
This page describes commands you can email to
the QTH reflector software (Mailman) to get
information about, and control, your subscription to the QTH
NPARC
reflector. Note that it's probably easier to use the
Reflector's Information web
site, rather than email, to make changes in your reflector subscription.
Also note that not all available subscription changes can
be made by sending an email. Some can only be made at the web
site. For example, you can't request a
reminder of your password by email.
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Email
Commands:
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All of the email subscription commands
to the left use an
email message format as follows:
TO:
nparc-request@mailman.qth.net
FROM: YourEmail Address
SUBJECT:
Insert command(s) here
BODY:
<--- leave blank
Actually, a command can
be put either in the subject line or in the body of the
message. Multiple commands can be sent in one e-mail, provided each occurs on a
separate line of the text body
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To receive an email listing all the email commands (as
described on this page), send this command:
help
To receive an email listing all your current email
subscription settings, send this command:
options
To join the reflector use this command:
subscribe
mypassword digest address=email
address
mypassword is replaced with a password of your
choice and must be included in your request. Pick a password not used by any of your other important web or financial
accounts.
digest is
an optional parameter to select digest mode. Leave it out if you don't want
the digest mode.
address=email
address is an optional parameter that you can use to subscribe an
address other than the address from which you will
send this request. Replace the
email address portion of the
command with the email address you want to register. Leave
out this parameter if you are subscribing from the email address you want
registered.
To leave the reflector permanently (or at least for now
from this address):
unsubscribe mypassword
myaddress
mypassword should
be replaced with your current password
myaddress is an optional parameter that you can use if you
sending the email from an email address different from the one you want to
unsubscribe. Leave out this parameter if you are sending the email from the email address
to be unsubscribed.
If you want to temporarily discontinue receiving
messages without unsubscribing, use this command:
set nomail on mypassword
but replace mypassword with your current password.
You can leave vacation mode and resume getting
messages with:
set nomail off mypassword
but replace mypassword with your current password.
The QTH NPARC reflector normally sends you a
copy of each posting as soon as it submitted by another subscriber.
Another option is
digest mode. In
digest mode you will receive at most one reflector email per day, an
accumulation (or digest) of
yesterday's reflector postings. If there are no
previous day postings, there will be no digest. Digest
mode
cuts down on the number of messages received, but it results in at
least a one-day delay in the receipt of those messages.
You may subscribe to either the regular reflector or the digest,
but not both. Regardless of the mode you pick, you will be able to submit messages
to the reflector.
To receive posting in a daily digest:
set digest on mypassword
but replace mypassword with your current password.
To turn digest mode off:
set digest off mypassword
but replace mypassword with your current password.
a. To change your password:
password
old new but replace old with your
current password and replace new with the new
password you would like
b. If you've forgotten your password, you can not
request a reminder by email. Instead you can either visit the
NPARC Reflector web
site; or contact the
reflector manager to ask for help; or find an old email with the password
on it. (You did save one didn't you!)
c. By default you will be sent monthly email reminders.
There is an option to turn off monthly reminders, but you can't select that
option using an email command. You can either visit the
NPARC Reflector web
site or you can contact the
reflector manager to ask for help.
8. Who's
Subscribed
To see the email addresses
(not real names) of everyone who is subscribed to the
reflector (and hasn't elected to hide their email address),
send this command:
who
a. Hide
Normally set to off. When turned on, your email address is concealed on the
subscribers' web page so that other
subscribers can't see that you are subscribed. (Non-subscribers can't see the
page at all.) To hide your address:
set hide on mypassword
To turn hide off:
set hide off mypassword
b. Acknowledgements
Normally off. When turned on, you get an email acknowledging that your messages was sent to the list.
To get acknowledgements from the reflector:
set
ack on mypassword
To turn acknowledgements off:
set ack off mypassword
c. Don't Send My Posts to Me
Usually off, meaning you will get a reflected copy of
your own postings. Turn it on to suppress getting a copy:
set notmetoo on mypassword
This does not affect the contents of digests, so if you receive postings in digests, you will always get
copies of your messages in the digest.
To turn it off and resume getting copies of your
postings:
set notmetoo off mypassword
d. Digest Type
For Digest subscribers only: Digests are usually sent
in MIME format, which can be read by most email reader programs. If you have
any problems reading a digest in MIME
format, select plain text:
set plain on mypassword
To turn it off plain text off and return to MIME digest
format:
set plain off mypassword
e. Basic Information about
this Reflector
To view a short
information paragraph about the purpose of the reflector:
info
f. List of All Other Reflectors on QTH
To see information about all other
mailing lists running on this server
(warning: it's a l-o-n-g list):
lists
