PMDF System Manager's Guide

The commands recognized by the mail server are described in the PMDF User's Guide. A brief description of each command is given in Table 4-4.

Table 4-4 Summary of Mail and List Server Commands

Command	Description
CONFIRM	Confirm a command from a previous message
DIRECTORY	List available files
DIRECTORY/LIST	List available mailing lists
ENCODING	Set default file transmission encoding
END	Terminate processing, accept no additional commands
EXIT	Synonymous with END
FINISH	Synonymous with END
HELP	Obtain the site-supplied file containing help information
INDEX	Obtain the site-supplied file containing an index of available files
LISTS	Obtain the site-supplied file describing available mailing lists
MAXIMUM	Set maximum message size; larger messages will be fragmented
MODE	Set the default file access mode
PURGE/LIST	Remove comment lines from the list file
QUIT	Synonymous with END
SEND	Send the specified files
SEND/LIST	Send the membership list for a given mailing list
SEND/LIST/COMMENTS	Send the membership list for a given mailing list, including members' RFC 822 comment fields
SEND/LIST/NOCOMMENTS	Send the membership list for a given mailing list, stripping members' RFC 822 comment fields
SET MAIL	Set an address to receive list postings
SET NOMAIL	Set an address to not receive list postings
STOP	Synonymous with END
SUBSCRIBE	Subscribe to a mailing list
SUBSCRIBE/NOMAIL	Subscribe to a mailing list an address which should not receive list postings
SUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY	Subscribe to a mailing list, requesting a notification message to the subscribee address in the case of a third-party subscribe
SUBSCRIBE/NONOTIFY	Subscribe to a mailing list, requesting no notification message to the subscribee address in the case of a third-party subscribe
UNSUBSCRIBE	Unsubscribe from a mailing list
UNSUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY	Unsubscribe from a mailing list, requesting a notification message to the unsubscribee address in the case of a third-party unsubscribe
UNSUBSCRIBE/NONOTIFY	Unsubscribe from a mailing list, requesting no notification message to the unsubscribee address in the case of a third-party unsubscribe