MLIST(1)

NAME
mlist - mailing list addition and query program

SYNOPSIS
mlist [-ch] [-f filename] [arg.....]

DESCRIPTION
Mlist is an interactive program that allows the user to create a new mailing list or specify changes to an old one, and uses v6mail(1) to send a request to the system administrator. For each list, there is a list manager indicated in the MMDF alias file by an alias of the form ``foo-request'' where ``foo'' is the name of the list. This person, as well as the mailsystem owner and the superuser have a mechanism to add and remove any list entry. Mlist attempts to ensure that erroneous and duplicate entries do not get entered. There is also a mechanism to verify the contents of a list.

Mlist may either be used in a self-explanatory interactive mode (no arguments), or by use of flags.

    -c  initiates mail list creation request

    -h  initiates help

    -f  filename specifies another help file

    other args are taken as names of lists to manipulate

Mailing list files should never be accessed directly by the user, and should always be owned by the mail system. The mode of the file indicates how it should be handled. There are four possibilities.

666 All users have list manager status

744 Users may add or remove their own names

644 Only list manager may make changes

600 Contents of list private. This does not affect usage controls.

FILES
/etc/mmdf/helplist for default helpfile.

SEE ALSO
malias(1), tables(5), v6mail(1)