Add
The add command lets a list administrator add a member to their list. The syntax of the add command in its simplest form is:
add listname [sendconfirm] emailaddress [name] [quiet]
The sendconfirm, user name and quiet modifiers are optional. Here is an example:
add jazztalk bob@example.com Bob Smith
If you do not specify the sendconfirm modifier, the confirmation message for that list will not be sent. In other words, if you have the list set to require confirmation, the default behavior of the add command is to bypass the confirmation and set the user’s status to "normal". If, however, you use the sendconfirm modifier, the user will receive a message asking for their confirmation as if they had subscribed themselves.
If you do not specify a user name, the user will be created with no name in their member record.
If you specify the quiet modifier, no "hello" message will be sent out to the member. However, if the add command does not succeed, such as if the email address is already a member, you (the person submitting the add command) will be notified. By default, when you add a member with the add command, both the admin and the user receives notification of the action. If a "hello" document exists for the list, that hello document is sent to the user instead of a machine-generated notification. With the quiet modifier, no notification is sent to the user. If you, as the administrator, do not want to receive a notification, you need to use "end quiet" at the end of your command message. See End Command.
If the list you are adding the user to is set to require passwords, one will be created automatically for that member. With respect to that, it is useful if, in the hello document, you notify the user of their password using a mail merge tag.
Note that if you are using a script to subscribe members using admin email commands, you may need to put in a loop exception for the admin email address.
Adding Members after Members have already been imported
On occasion, you may want to perform a new member import, for instance to add any new members which may have joined, or to add new demographic data, etc. When you import a new member file, some of the member statuses may have changed. An example would be someone who was once a "normal" member may have become and "unsubscribed" member.
When performing another import or adding members via email, ListManager will not resubscribe any members who have unsubscribed themselves from the list. Any members who were banned will not be reimported either. Also, all list administrators will maintain their list admin rights after the reimport.
f you are readding members and would like their membership status to be changed so that they receive mail normally, use the subform modifier.
For example:
add jazztalk subform user1@example.com
would change the status of user1@example.com from unsubscribed to normal.
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