SonicVibes & INKONET Networks: WebMail Help

INKONET WEB-MAIL SERVER HELP FOR USER ACCOUNTS

Many functions of MDaemon Server can be accessed remotely through the use of the email transport system itself. For example, you can gain access to various aspects of your account and can change or reconfigure it by sending email messages to the server. You can also subscribe or remove yourself from mailing lists, have files encoded and mailed to you, and execute server-based processes by sending carefully formatted mail messages to the server. Some of these control messages require a valid account on the server and are password protected. You can gain access to your accounts by using your password. Messages to the server must be directed to "yourdomain@mydomain.com".

For those commands which require a valid account on the server, the subject of the message must contain the account's email address and password separated by a comma character - ex:

"mailto:arvel@altn.com,%20MyPassword". Commands are placed within the message body.

There can only be one command per line, but multiple commands can be batched in the same message.

Account access and control: - The following commands require a valid

account on the mail server. You must place as the subject of the

mail message your email address and password if you wish to gain

access to any of the commands in the next section. The syntax of

the subject line should be "email address, password" (notice the

comma) ex: Subject: arvel@altn.com, mypassword

For any of the following commands to work for you, your system ad-

ministrator must allow your account to originate server control

messages. If you suspect that your remote access has been removed

or is not functioning properly please consult with your administrator.

Command Special Parms Result

============================================================================

ACCOUNT INFO none The status of the account passed in

the subject line is mailed back to

the message originator.

ex: ACCOUNT INFO

PASSWORD new password The password of the account passed in

the subject line will be changed to the

one specified.

ex: PASSWORD kryptonite

MAILFORMAT MBF file The mailbox storage format of the

account specified in subject line

will be changed to the one specified.

A listing of the available formats

can be obtained via the MAIL FORMATS

directive.

ex: MAILBOX RFC822

FORWARD TO address The forwarding address of the account

passed in the subject line will be

changed to the one specified and act-

ivated.

ex: FORWARD TO vacationing@myhost.com

UNFORWARD none Mail forwarding will be deactivated for

the account specified in the subject

line.

Ex: UNFORWARD

AUTODECODE switch Automatic decoding of incoming MIME

attachments for the account specified

in the subject line will be set to

which should be Y or N.

ex: AUTODECODE N

BEGIN SIGNATURE none Begins recording of a new signature

file to be appended to messages

generated by the account passed in

the subject line. Subsequent lines

will be treated as the text of the

signature file until the word END

is encountered on a line by itself

or the end of the control message

is reached. NOTE: The signature file

feature is only available for RAW

format messages.

BEGIN AUTORESPONDER none Begins recording of a new autoresponder

file to be used by the account passed

in the subject line. Subsequent lines

will be treated as the text of the

autoresponder file until the word END

is encountered on a line by itself

or the end of the control message

is reached.

ex: BEGIN AUTORESPONDER

Some autoresponder text here

END

To erase an active autoresponder define

one with no text like this:

ex: BEGIN AUTORESPONDER

END

MULTIPOP switch MultiPOP mail collection for the account

passed in the subject line is turned

on or off according to the value of

switch. Switch should be ON or OFF.

ex: MULTIPOP OFF

RULES none Returns a form for editing all rules

configured for the account passed in the

subject line. The form can mark existing

rules for deletion and can add new rules.

List, Catalog, and Process Control: - The following commands do not

require an account on the mail server although some of them are

password protected. The subject line is ignored when processing

these commands.

Command Special Parms Result

============================================================================

USERS none A listing of all users hosted by

the server will be mailed back to

the originator. Accounts which are set

as hidden will not be listed. Also,

this command is inactive unless enabled

via switch in Misc. Options screen.

LIST [listname] A listing of all mailing lists along with

the names and address of members will be

mailed back to the originator. Lists

must be individually configured to allow

this to occur. Passing an optional list

name will return the members of only that

list. Member names are returned only for

members which are local accounts within

MDaemon.

SUBSCRIBE listname [address]

The originator is added to the member-

ship of the list specified provided that

list exists and allows remote

subscriptions. If an optional address is

specified after the listname then that

address is added rather than the address

found in the FROM: field of the

subscription message.

ex: SUBSCRIBE mygroup@domain.com

arvel@altn.com

UNSUBSCRIBE listname [address] The originator is removed from the

or specified mailing list provided the list

SIGNOFF exists and contains the originator as a

member. If the optional 'address' is

specified then that address is removed.

ex: UNSUBSCRIBE mygroup@domain.com

me@mydomain.com

SUPPRESS listname address (password)

This command adds 'address' to the lists

suppression file. The list's password

must be provided and the list must already

have a suppression file associated with

it.

ex: SUPPRESS list@mydomain.com

me@mydomain.com (PASS)

UNSUPPRESS listname address (password)

This command removes 'address' from the

lists suppression file. The list's

password must be provided and the list

must already have a suppression file

associated with it.

ex: UNSUPPRESS list@mydomain.com

me@mydomain.com (PASS)

DIGEST listname [address] This command sets 'address' to use digest

mode. If no address is specified then the

address of the originator of the message

will be used.

ex: DIGEST list@mydomain.com

me@mydomain.com

NORMAL listname [address] This command sets 'address' to use normal

non-digest mode. If no address is given

then the originator of the message will be

used.

ex: NORMAL list@mydomain.com

me@mydomain.com

NOMAIL listname [address] This command sets 'address' to nomail mode.

The account will enter a suspended state

and will no longer receive list traffic.

If no address is specified then the orig-

inator of the message will be used.

ex: NOMAIL list@mydomain.com

me@mydomain.com

MAIL listname [address] This command returns 'address' to normal

mode from nomail mode. If no address is

specified then the originator of the message

will be used.

ex: MAIL list@mydomain.com

me@mydomain.com

REALNAME listname [address]

This command sets the real name value for

'address' who is a member of list 'listname'

to the given value. The Real Name parm must

be enclosed in { and } characters.

ex: REALNAME list@mydomain.com

me@mydomain.com

GET catalog magic-name (Password)

Retrieves a file from the specified

catalog, MIME encodes it in an email

message, and sends that message to the

originating account or to the one

specified in a RESULTS TO directive.

NOTE: The PUBLIC catalog doesn't require

a catalog name or password.

ex: GET utils magic-name (mypassword)

ex: GET magic-name

DIR catalog Retrieves a directory of the files and

magic names available through the catalog.

ex: DIR public

General: - The subject line is ignored while processing these commands.

Command Special Parameters Result

============================================================================

HELP none This file is mailed back to the

originator.

RESULTS TO address Subsequent commands which generate

output will direct that output to

the address specified.

ex: RESULTS TO mailbox@host.org

STATUS none A status report on server operations

and current conditions will be mailed

back to the message originator. Since

the information contained in this status

report is considered private, the sub-

ject of the requested message must con-

tain the user name and password of an

administrator level user account like

this: Arvel, 12wsawe

ex: STATUS

MAIL FORMATS none A listing of all the supported

mailbox formats will be mailed back

to the originator.

Ex: MAIL FORMATS

GET ADDRESS none MDaemon will send a message back to the

originator which will contain the current

machine name and IP address assigned to

MDaemon's computer. This is useful when

you want to find out the IP address

assigned by your ISP when using a dynamic

dialup situation. Since the information

contained in this message is considered

private the subject of the requesting

message must contain the administrator

user and password such as:

Administrator, Password.

ex: GET ADDRESS

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