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= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = help [topic] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - topic, if present, is the name of a Majordomo help file = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Majordomo 2 is computer software that automates the distribution of electronic mail messages on mailing lists. The majordomo help system has many documents that will help you understand how Majordomo 2 works. All of these documents can be retrieved using the help command. To find out what you, as a list subscriber, can do with Majordomo (finding out about lists, subscribing, unsubscribing, getting files from the server, confirmations, passwords, etc.) use this command: help overview For a complete subscriber (or end-user) command reference, send: help commands If you are the owner or moderator of a mailing list, you will want to use one or both of the following commands to get information about the special Majordomo commands for mailing list administration: help admin help admin_commands There are two shortcuts available in the help system to make typing topic names a little easier. The first is that anywhere an underscore, _, is seen, you can use a space instead. For example, help admin_passwords and help admin_passwords return the same document. Also, list administrators who wish to learn about configuration settings can omit the leading "configset_" from the topic name. For example, help configset_digests is the same as help digests (The longer command represents the actual name of the help file. This is important for site administrators to remember if they decide to extend the help system by improving or adding help files, using the get and put commands.) Command Syntax Notation ----------------------- Many of the help files summarize the syntax of a command in the first few lines. Braces ('[' and ']') indicate when a command mode or command argument is optional. The basic structure of a Majordomo command is COMMAND[-MODE] [LIST] [ARGUMENTS] Some commands allow multiple-line arguments using a "here document" (see "help here_document" for more details). The basic structure of a multiple-line command is COMMAND[-MODE] [LIST] [ARGUMENTS] <<TAG [ARGUMENTS] TAG where... COMMAND is a valid Majordomo command. Each command has its own help page (see "help topics" for a complete list). MODE is an extension of the command. For example, in the "who-enhanced" command, "who" is the command, and "enhanced" is the command mode. LIST is the name of a mailing list. Mailing list names can consist of any combination of letters, digits, and the following characters: . _ - (period, underscore, and hyphen). ARGUMENTS are extra information needed to complete a command. The command arguments vary from command to command. TAG marks where multi-line arguments begin and end. It is usually three or more capital letters. The same tag must be used on the first and last line of the command, and the tag on the last line must be on the line by itself, without any spaces, tabs, or other characters. Suggestions for improvements to the Majordomo help system are welcome. Please send your comments to mj2-dev@lists.mj2.org. See Also: help get help put This is the "help" help document for Majordomo 2, version 0.1201103110. For a list of all help documents, send the following command: help topics in the body of a message to majordomo@openbsd.org.
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