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LIST MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTIONS


Mercury supports autonomous list management using its built-in mail server (usually called MAISER). Users can perform most list-related actions by sending a message to:

"BULLET"
maiser@admsvcs.csun.edu
    with commands entered into the message body, one per line. The following commands are recognized for list management.  

    COMMAND Description
    ADD list-name address Add a user to a list
    REMOVE list-name address Remove a user from a list
      REVIEW list-name

Return the list membership

    Moderators can add users to it by mailing to MAISER with the message body set to:

      ADD list-name e-mail-address 

 
    and may remove users by setting the message body to:

      REMOVE list-name e-mail-address 

 
    The command:

      REVIEW list-name

 
 

will return the current list membership.  You may have multiple commands in one email.  Use a blank line to signal  maiser the end of a command stream.

NOTE: ALL EMAILS TO MAISER MUST BE IN PLAIN TEXT EMAIL.  IN OUTLOOK WHILE COMPOSING A MESSAGE, CLICK MENU FORMAT > PLAIN TEXT > OK.