Moving from Mailbase to Sympa - User commands

This page is a brief 'crib sheet' detailing the more common Mailbase user commands and their equivalents in Sympa.


Remember, commands are sent to sympa@ncl.ac.uk.

Join a list:

Mailbase:

JOIN listname firstname lastname
Sympa:
SUBSCRIBE listname firstname lastname

Confirm list membership :

Mailbase:

ACCEPT codenum
Sympa:
AUTH codenum

Stop the list software from processing a signature :

Mailbase:

STOP
Sympa: 
QUIT

Leave a list :

Mailbase:

LEAVE listname

Sympa:

UNSUBSCRIBE listname

Leave all your lists:

Mailbase:

LEAVE ALL
Sympa: 
UNSUBSCRIBE *

Suspend email from a list:

Mailbase:

SUSPEND MAIL listname
Sympa:
SET listname NOMAIL

Suspend email from ALL lists :

Mailbase:

SUSPEND MAIL ALL
Sympa:
SET * NOMAIL

Resume email from a list :

Mailbase:

RESUME MAIL listname
Sympa: 
SET listname MAIL
Note this will set the mail reception mode to normal mail messages. Setting mail to eg. digest also has the effect of resuming mail from a list.

Resume email from ALL lists :

Mailbase:

RESUME MAIL ALL
Sympa:
SET * MAIL

Find out which lists you belong to :

Mailbase:

LIST ME
Sympa:
WHICH

Receive messages in a digest :

Mailbase:

SET listname DIGEST
Sympa:
SET listname DIGEST

Stop receiving digests of messages :

Mailbase:

SET listname NODIGEST
Sympa:
SET listname MAIL

Get the names of all Mailbase lists :

Mailbase:

LISTS
Sympa:
LISTS

Search for lists :

Mailbase:

FIND LISTS keyword
Sympa:

There is no equivalent command in Sympa. You need to use the search facility on the web interface.

Get list details, including description, and list of members :

Mailbase:

REVIEW listname
Sympa:
INFO listname
REVIEW listname
The INFO command returns the list information, the REVIEW command returns the membership list.

Get a list of files belonging to a list:

Mailbase:

INDEX listname
Sympa:
INDEX listname
(Note : this only returns a list of email archives associated with a list - to list files associated with a list you need to access the Shared Documents link on the web interface)

Get file belonging to a list :

Mailbase:

GET listname filename
Sympa:
GET listname archive
(Note : this only operates with email archive files. You need to access the Shared Documents links on the web interface to retrieve files associated with a list)

Get help on email commands:

Mailbase:

HELP
Sympa:
HELP