University of Florida LISTSERV Common Commands

All LISTSERV operations which users typically do through the web interface, can be performed through email. The listserv management of the application predates a web interface.
We'll use the fictional list FICTIONAL-L in our examples below. You should replace all occurrances of the string "FICTIONAL-L" with the list you are interested in using.
The email address that you would send to is listserv@lists.ufl.edu.
The subject of the email does not matter, you can use whatever and listserv will repeat your subject back to you for tracking purposes.
All commands you submit will be in the body of an email. It is recommended that you do not include a signature in the body of your email, as listserv may attempt to interpert it as a command and may throw an error.

To add yourself to a list, send the line Subscribe (listname) (your first name) (your last name) e.g.:
```
SUBSCRIBE FICTIONAL-L Jane Doe
```
To remove yourself from a list, send the line Unsubscribe (listname) e.g.:
```
UNSUBSCRIBE FICTIONAL-L
```

To search through an archive, send the line Search (thing you are searching for) (listname) e.g.: to search for the keyword search_string of Gators
```
SEARCH Gators IN FICTIONAL-L
```
You can also restrict your search by date, sender, or other criteria e.g.:
```
SEARCH Gators IN FICTIONAL-L SINCE 96/01/01
```
```
SEARCH Gators IN FICTIONAL-L WHERE SENDER CONTAINS ALBERT
```
To get the posts from specific messages found after searching, send the line getpost (listname) (postnumber) e.g.: to get the posts 1730 through 1733 and 1840
```
GETPost FICTIONAL-L 1730-1733 1840
```
To receive the listing of all indexes in the archive, send the line Index (listname) e.g.:
```
INDEX FICTIONAL-L
```
To receive the digests of a specific index of a known month and year that you received from the index command above, send the line Get (listname) (index name) e.g.: to get the index from June 1997
```
GET FICTIONAL-L LOG9706
```
Note: it is possible to issue this command and receive back a confirmation, but get no digests. In this case this means the index is too large to send through the mail and you should instead use search as listed above.

To add a member to a list, send the line Add (listname) (email) e.g.: to add smart_gator@ufl.edu
```
ADD FICTIONAL-L smart_gator@ufl.edu
```
Note: First name and Last name after the email address are optional.
To bulk add multiple members to a list you will need to submit a job. e.g. to add smart_gator@ufl.edu and his two friends albert and alberta's emails:
```
ADD FICTIONAL DD=ddname IMPORT
       //ddname DD *
       smart_gator@ufl.edu 
       albert@ufl.edu
       alberta@ufl.edu
       /*
```
To get the configuration of your list and include all subscribers, send the line Review (listname) RCPT e.g.:
```
REVIEW FICTIONAL-L RCPT
```
Note: This will only work for anyone that has list owner level.

If you do not see a command listed here that you are trying to do, there are two options:

You can search through the LISTSERV Command Reference Document. This is the definitive list produced by the creator of LISTSERV.
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