Review (Retrieve Mailing List Information)

The following commands are equivalent and will return general information about a given mailing list:

review listname
stats listname

When sent to the listname-request address, the command syntax is:

review
stats

To obtain a listing of the mailing lists running on a single site, using the lists command:

lists

By default, the review command will only return basic information about a mailing list. However, the list administrator can decide to have the review command return a list of members as well.

Also, the list administrator may decide to not allow non-members to view the basic information that the review command provides. If the list administrator does this, the review command will reply with a message indicating that this information is not available.

If the review command is given by an administrator, after the login command, then a full list of the email addresses of the members of the mailing list is also returned. If the list administrator has allowed it, the review command may also return a list of member names and email addresses.

review for Admins

The review command normally returns basic information about a mailing list to the person who requested it. However, if the review command is requested by an administrator, after a login command, then the review command also returns a full list of the email addresses of the members of that mailing list.

Usage:

For example:

There are many options for the review command. If no arguments are given then members of type 'normal' are returned. Below is a short description of the function of each:

(none) - return only those members who are of normal status ( default )

all - return members of all types.
names - return the email addresses and names only (for normal members only).
full - return email addresses, names, and other information (for normal members only).
held - return only those members who are on hold.
unsub - return only those members who have unsubscribed.
private - return only those members who are of private status.
expired - return only those members whose subscriptions have expired.
confirm - return only those members who are of confirm status.

Here are two examples of the review command with an option: