Lyris User's Guide
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The Simplest Method for Subscribing
Table of Contents
· Introduction
· Email Commands
· · E-mail Commands for Discussion List Members
· · E-mail Commands for Announcement List Members
· · How to send mail to your Lyris List Manager
· · Sending Email Commands to Lyris List Manager
· · Subscribing
· · · The Simplest Method for Subscribing
· · · Alternatives for the word "subscribe"
· · · Subscribing with the Lyris@ address
· · · Set your Password
· · · Setting Other Membership Options
· · · Backwards Compatibility of Subscribing Methods
· · · Subscribing with the listname-request address
· · Unsubscribe
· · Change Membership Settings
· · Determine Membership Settings
· · Mailing List Information
· · Search
· · Help Document
· · Get Documents
· · End
· · Administrator Commands
· Web Interface for Users
· Server Administrator
· Site Administrator
· List Administrator
· Other Topics
· Add-On Packages
· Installing and Upgrading
· Appendix
· Frequently Asked Questions

The Simplest Method for Subscribing

It is often simplest to tell your users to use the Command-Listname address to join a mailing list. For instance, people can join a mailing list called "jazztalk" by sending email to

    jazztalk-join@clio.lyris.net

All the different aliases (sub, suscribe, subscribe, on, signon) can be used, and the Listname-Command@ order can be reversed. For instance, all of the following are equivalent:

    join-jazztalk@clio.lyris.net
    jazztalk-subscribe@clio.lyris.net
    jazztalk-sub@clio.lyris.net
    signon-jazztalk@clio.lyris.net

Lyris List Manager will automatically determine, by receiving the email, that the person wants to subscribe to a list called "jazztalk", and it will automatically determine their email address and name.

Note: If your list is password protected, then users cannot use this form of subscribing, and must instead send mail to lyris@yourserver.com or send mail to listname-request@yourserver.com

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