[freelists-users] Re: How do I bulk load or change the subscriber list?
- From: John Madden <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: freelists-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 13:29:36 -0500
> I'm moving an existing mailing list to freelists. I entered the
> subscriber list by using a copy and paste into the web interface. This
> has two problems:
>
> 1. I got a separate email acknowledgement for each subscribe. Not too
> bad given my 62 members, but I would not want to set up a new list
> with 1000 initial members.
Unfortunately, there's no way to turn off the email confirmations. I
suggest setting up a filter in your mail client to handle all incoming
mail from the MLM. We have a script here that we often use to help out
large list owners -- send your subscriber list to staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (one
address per line) and we can add them manually (and you won't receive the
confirmation emails).
> 2. The web interface accepts only the email address. Now I am faced
> with slow and tedious entry of 62 full names by editing the options of
> each member. This would really not be feasible for a list of any size.
Entering the users' names is completely optional -- I suggest you have
them login and do it for themselves if they want their name on the list...
:)
> What are the email commands I can use to set the full names of all my
> members? How would I have used the email command interface to load the
> member list in the first place?
Send an email to YOURLIST-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the following in the
body:
admin2
subscribe user@xxxxxxxx
subscribe user2@xxxxxxxxx
... etc...
//admin2
That message will be sent back to you with the appropriate "command
wrappers" and a cookie, which you then forward back to
listar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Note though that you'll still receive the emails
letting you know that someone was subscribed. I'm not sure of the syntax
for setting someone's name through email admin -- I'll look it up and mail
you off-list with it.
> I think this is a big enough problem for anyone moving a large
> existing list to freelists that instructions should appear in the
> introduction that new moderators receive.
Good idea.
John
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