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Managing Mailing Lists With Maillist.exe Utility

Maillist.exe utility allows you to manage mailing lists. Using this utility, you can:

Maillist.exe is located in %plesk_dir%admin\bin\. Available commands and options are listed in tables below.

Usage:
maillist.exe command <maillist> [options]

Example of usage:
maillist.exe --create Work -domain domain1.com -passwd "MyPass" -notify false -email listadmin@domain1.com

Available commands:

Command

Parameter

Action

Example

--create or -c

<maillist>

creates a mailing list

To create Friends mailing list for Somewhere.com domain:

maillist.exe --create Friends -domain somewhere.com

--update or -u

<maillist>

updates mailing list properties

Examples of updating various mail account parameters are provided further down this table

--remove or -r

<maillist>

deletes a mailing list

To remove Friends mailing list from somewhere.com domain:

maillist.exe --remove Friends -domain Somewhere.com

--info or -i

<maillist>

displays mailing list members

To see the list of members contained in Friends mailing list for somewhere.com domain:

maillist.exe --info Friends -domain somewhere.com

--help or -h

 

displays help information on utility usage

To see help information on maillist.exe utility usage:

maillist.exe --help

Available options:

Option

Parameter

Note

Example

-domain

<domain_name>

a domain name (required)

To remove Friends mailing list from Somewhere.com domain:

maillist.exe --remove Friends -domain Somewhere.com

-passwd

<password>

sets a mailing list administrator password (may be specified only with the 'create' command)

To set Friends mailing list administrator password:

maillist.exe --create Friends -domain somewhere.com -passwd Administrator

-email

<email>

sets a mailing lists administrator e-mail (may be specified only with the 'create' command)

To set Friends mailing list administrator email:

maillist.exe --create Friends -domain Somewhere.com -email Administartor@somewhere.com

-notify

<true|false>

notifies the mailing list administrator about mailing list creation (default: true, may be specified only with the 'create' command)

To turn on notification about Friends mailing list creation for mailing list administrator:

maillist.exe --create Friends -notify true

-status

<true|false>

turns a mailing list on/off (default: true)

To turn off Partners mailing list:

maillist.exe --update Partners -status false

-members

add|del>:<email1>,<email2>...etc.

adds/deletes the e-mail addresses to/from a mailing list

To add email addresses Partner1@domain.name, Partner2@domain.name to Partners mailing list:

maillist --update Partners -members add:Partner1@domain.name, Partner2@domain.name

See Also

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Managing Databases With Database.exe Utility

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Managing Anonymous FTP Service With Anonftp.exe Utility

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