Login

All administrator email commands require you to first login, giving your password so that ListManager can verify your right to use the administrator commands.

ListManager will look at your email address to determine if you are a Server, Site or List Administrator, and then check the password you gave. If the password you specified with the login command is correct, you will be able to proceed. If it is not, processing of your message will stop.

Note: In order for Server and Site administrators to be able to use administrator commands, their email address must be in their People entry so that ListManager can validate them. If you are a Site or Server administrator (and not a list administrator), your email address must be in your People information entry.

In addition, administrator email commands are only available if your administrator account has a password. ListManager allows administrators to have a blank password and use the Web interface to administer ListManager however, because email is inherently a less secure communication mechanism than the web, it requires administrators to have a password in order to use the administrator commands. You can set your password using the web interface, or, for list administrators, by using the "set listname pw=password" command."

The syntax of the login command is:

login password

ListManager will use the email address you are sending from to identify you.

When ListManager detects a login command, it replaces the password with an XXX in the archived copy it keeps, and in the acknowledgement message that is sent back to you. The reason for this is so that other people looking at your email message, either in your mailbox, or in the incoming mail web page, will not be able to determine your password.

However, including a password in an email message is inherently insecure. If you are concerned about password security, do not use email commands that require a login command.