Majordomo: Mailing Lists’ Basic Use

Type the command in the body of the email message.  Majordomo does not process the  subject field  of the message, so there is no need to write anything in it. Majordomo interprets all the text in the message, including any signature, as commands, so please check your email message and remove any unnecessary text before sending it.

To subscribe to and unsubscribe from a mailing list, send an email with the appropriate commands to the Majordomo list server at majordomo@helsinki.fi.

• Subscribe with the command

subscribe list-name jane.doe@helsinki.fi 

end

• Unsubscribe with the command

unsubscribe list-name jane.doe@helsinki.fi

end

• The administrator (owner) of a list can be contacted at

list-name-owner@helsinki.fi

Majordomo is very particular about the address format. The addresses for subscribing and unsubscribing must be identical.

Actions related to the management of mailing lists, such as subscribing and unsubscribing, are made by sending email commands to the Majordomo list server at majordomo@helsinki.fi.

Write the command in the body of the message. The list server does not process the  subject  field. Majordomo interprets all the text in the message, including any signature, as commands, so please check your email message before sending it.

Majordomo cannot read messages in HTML. In your email settings, check that the message is sent as plain text.
Please note that HTML is the default message format in Outlook and other modern email programs.

Outlook: File > Options > Mail > Compose messages > select Plain Text in the drop-down menu.

 

OWA: Settings (cog in the top right corner) > Email > Compose and reply > select Plain text in the drop-down menu.

You can send several commands in the same message, one command per row. If the command is longer than one row, you can break it up with a backslash (\), e.g.

subscribe reallylong-listname \
evenlonger.emailaddress@helsinki.fi

end