Support & Assistance: Mailing List Use

MajorDomo

Majordomo is a mailing list system included in most Cloch Internet hosting packages.
It is used to for group mailing lists, where users can send and receive messages to the list of subscribers. It uatomates the process of subscribing, unsubscribing and sending messages.

To access this feature, login to your hosting account control panel, and click the "Services" link on the left hand side. Click the edit icon (pencil) adjacent to MajorDomo Mailing List Server.

To create a mailing list:
1. Open the Majordomo Mailing List Manager.
2. In the Majordomo Mailing List Manager menu, click Create.
3. The Create a New Mailing List form opens.
4. In the List name field, enter a name for the new mailing list. The name must be in lowercase letters.
5. In the List Maintainers Email Address field, enter the email address of the person who will manage this mailing list.
6. In the Maintenance Password field, enter the password for the mailing list administrator.
7. In the Confirm Maintenance Password field, enter the password again.
8. Optional: In the Description field, enter a one-line description of the mailing list, such as for what the list will be used.
9. Optional: In the Introductory Message text box, enter a welcome message that will be sent to all new members on this mailing list, introducing the mailing list and for what it should be used.
10. Optional: In the Forwarded Mail Footer text box, enter useful information related to the mailing list, such as the name of the mailing list, the email address of the mailing list, or the Web site address.
11. Click Create.

To view your existing mailing lists:
1. Open the Majordomo Mailing List Manager.
2. In the Majordomo Mailing List Manager menu, if it is not already selected, click View.
The Mailing Lists form opens displaying all your existing mailing lists.

To add members to a mailing list:
1. Open the Majordomo Mailing List Manager.
2. In the Majordomo Mailing List Manager menu, click View.
3. The Mailing Lists form opens, showing the current mailing lists on the domain.
4. Locate the mailing list to which you want to add members and in the Actions column, click .
The Member Management form opens.
5. In the text box, enter the email addresses of the users you want to add to the list, separating each address with commas.
6. Click Subscribe.
Majordomo sends an introductory message to each new member on the list, and also sends an email message to the List Maintainer informing the administrator that a new member is added to the list.

To remove members from a mailing list:
1. Open the Majordomo Mailing List Manager.
2. In the Majordomo Mailing List Manager menu, click View.
The Mailing Lists form opens, showing the current mailing lists on the domain.
3. Locate the mailing list from which you want to remove members and in the Actions column, click (list symbol).
The Member Management form opens.
4. Locate the email address of the member you want to remove and in the Actions column, click (trashcan).

MajorDomo Commands
Once you create mailing lists, you can issue certain commands about these lists to the Majordomo server by sending email messages to majordomo@. In the body of the email message, you can include one or more of the commands listed in the Majordomo email commands table.

Note: The email message must include only commands in the body of the email message and no other text.

help Receive an email message with detailed help about Majordomo

info Receive an email message stating when the mailing list was created or modified

lists Receive an email message showing all the mailing lists on the domain

which Receive an email message indicating the mailing lists to which the user at the email address you specify has subscribed

who Receive an email message listing the users who have subscribed to this mailing list

subscribe Add the user at the email address you specify to the mailing list you specify

Unsubscribe Remove yourself from the mailing list you specify

signoff Remove yourself from the mailing list you specify


EMAIL METHOD:
To get a copy of the current config file for your list, send email to majordomo@yourdomain with the following in the BODY (not the subject line):

config [listname] [password]

Installing a New Configuration File:

Send email to majordomo@yourdomain with the following in the BODY (not the subject line):

newconfig [listname] [password]

This creates a new configuration file. It reads everything after the "newconfig" line command to to the end of the email (or to "EOF" on a line by itself) as the new configuration for the list.

To change an item in the configuration, you must return the COMPLETE configuration file, changed to reflect the changes you wish to make to your list, NOT just the parts that you are changing.