But what is the syntax for bulk if one _wants_ to generate the normal
greeting messages? I'm using confirm, so want listserv to send the message
to everyone as I add them.

I tried the bulk add syntax below, deleting the keywork QUIET, but that
didn't work. That is, the subscription worked, but no message went to the
new subscriber.

I guess I could just send a long email with
subscribe list first last
to my listserv--does anyone know if it will take 900+ lines like that?
(1.8d/Unix).

Thanks!
Shap Wolf
Arizona State University

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:35:53 -0500, Feather Lacy <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>And here is our FAQ about bulk add and deletes:
>
>http://www.its.uiowa.edu/cs/email/listserv/listsetup.html#bulkadd
>
>Feather
>
>At 09:11 AM 10/22/2002 +0100, Warhurst, SI (Spencer) wrote:
>>Hi Eric
>>
>>BULK ADD
>>========
>>The syntax is:
>>
>>QUIET ADD listname DD=ddname IMPORT
>>//ddname DD *
>>[log in to unmask] Joe Bloggs
>>[log in to unmask] John Smith
>>etc
>>/*
>>
>>All you need to change there is "listname" and the email addresses.
>>
>>BULK DELETE
>>===========
>>The list owner quick start guide (at
>>http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/qs/qs.html#DEL) seems to suggest that
you
>>need the web interface to perform a bulk delete on a list of addresses.
>>However, that is not true. The following works nicely:
>>
>>QUIET DEL listname DD=ddname
>>//ddname DD *
>>[log in to unmask] Joe Bloggs
>>[log in to unmask] John Smith
>>etc
>>/*
>>
>>The manual also suggests that you should only include the email addresses
>>when bulk deleting, however it does work with the names in too, which
saves
>>you having to create two files with & without the names.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>--
>>Spencer Warhurst
>>Listserv Service Manager
>>
>>JISCmail -> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk
>>Mailtalk -> http://www.mailtalk.ac.uk
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Eric Baber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> Sent: 21 October 2002 08:54
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Adding and removing a batch of addresses
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the generic URLs for the web-based interface. I've now
>>> established that the web-based interface hasn't been enabled,
>>> so I'll have
>>> to do it by e-mail. Spencer, I think you said it was
>>> possible, though not
>>> quite as straightforward as doing it through the web-based
>>> interface - would
>>> you mind letting me know how to add and remove batches of addresses by
>>> e-mail? Thanks.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> > "do you know what the generic URL tends to be?"
>>> >
>>> > on unix http://yourhost.domain/cgi-bin/wa
>>> >    VMS  http://yourhost.domain/htbin/wa
>>> > windows http://yourhost.domain/scripts/wa.exe
>>> >  or     http://yourhost.domain/chi-bin/wa.exe
>>> >
>>> > These are the defaults.
>>> >
>>> > On windows, it might look something like
>>> > http://lists.yourhost.domain/cgi-bin/wa?LMGT1=listname
>>> >
>>> > Bill Salmon
>>> >
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