IMail - How to add a list of addresses to my list server

Product: Version: Platform:
IMail All NT,Win2000,XP

Question/Problem: We have a list of approximately 1500 e-mail addresses that I want to add to the subscription based list server. Can I just cut and paste them into the users file?

Answer/Solution: Yes, you can cut and paste into users.lst. You will find this file in the directory named for your list under \imail\lists. (You can also open this file to edit by clicking the Addresses button for the list in IMail Administrator.)

USERS.LST is the list of e-mail addresses that the list-server mailing list uses to address the mail it sends to this list. This file is updated automatically when someone subscribes or unsubscribes to this list by email.
When adding to the users.lst file, it is important to have one address per line, no spaces, and a carriage-return at the end of each address. 

The format of users.lst is:
a_user@domain.com
sombody@theirplace.net

USERS.TXT is a list of the user names and e-mail addresses that is updated automatically when someone subscribes or unsubscribes to the list-server mailing list. (Note, it is not necessary to add addresses to users.txt. This file provides information for the "list" command.)

The format of users.txt is:
<user@domain.com>  Firstname Lastname
<sombody@theirplace.net> Some W. Body

If you are simply adding a few names to an existing list then you can go into IMail Administrator, click on List - then click on the list you wish to modify. Click on addresses - this opens a text version of users.lst file. You can then add or copy & paste your address into this file.

Document #: Revision Date:
IM-19981218-EM01 06/14/04
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