Adding Many Members

The add command requires all the information for the command to be on one line. To add multiple members with one add command,line continuation characters may be used. The same modifiers for adding single members may be used for adding many members.

The syntax below uses the < and > operators to delimit a list of names to be added. The syntax to add many members is:

add listname [quiet] [sendconfirm] [subform] <
User Name1 emailaddress1@example.com
User Name2 emailaddress2@example.com
>

If you want to add members with user names, the user name must be before the email address.

Example:

add jazztalk quiet <
 User Name1 user1@example.com
 User Name2 user2@example.com
>

Any text that is not a legal email address is assumed to be a name.

For example, if you attempted to add user1@example@com, the address is not added or shown as part of the list of email addresses successfully added, nor there is any error message. It would be considered part of the name for the next address to be added if there is one, or it is ignored.

quiet, sendconfirm and subform

The quiet, sendconfirm and subform modifiers are optional, and work exactly as they do when adding a single member. In the case where you add many members, a quiet modifier suppresses the "hello" message, a sendconfirm modifer sends a confirmation message to each member, and a subform modifer sets the membership status of currently subscribed members to normal regardless of previous membership status.

Line Continuation with \ or &

Alternatively, you can use the \ or & characters to separate each name, rather than delimiting the entire group. The example below uses & to continue the line:

add jazztalk quiet &
user1@example.com &
user2@example.com

Full List

If the site or server administrator has limited the membership size of a list, Aurea List Managersends you a message if you are approaching the member limit. While Aurea List Manager is processing your add request, it also checks to see how close you are to your member limit. If your add request brings your list to within 5% of the limit, Aurea List Manager informs you in the email notification you receive unless the message uses the end quiet command.

Below is an example of what Aurea List Manager sends you when your member list is approaching its limit: