The commands recognized by the mail server are described in the PMDF User's Guide. A brief description of each command is given in Table 4-4 .
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| CONFIRM | Confirm a command from a previous message |
| DIRECTORY | List available files |
| DIRECTORY/LIST | List available mailing lists |
| ENCODING | Set default file transmission encoding |
| END | Terminate processing, accept no additional commands |
| EXIT | Synonymous with END |
| FINISH | Synonymous with END |
| HELP | Obtain the site-supplied file containing help information |
| INDEX | Obtain the site-supplied file containing an index of available files |
| LISTS | Obtain the site-supplied file describing available mailing lists |
| MAXIMUM | Set maximum message size; larger messages will be fragmented |
| MODE | Set the default file access mode |
| PURGE/LIST | Remove comment lines from the list file |
| QUIT | Synonymous with END |
| SEND | Send the specified files |
| SEND/LIST | Send the membership list for a given mailing list |
| SEND/LIST/COMMENTS | Send the membership list for a given mailing list, including members' RFC 822 comment fields |
| SEND/LIST/NOCOMMENTS | Send the membership list for a given mailing list, stripping members' RFC 822 comment fields |
| SET MAIL | Set an address to receive list postings |
| SET NOMAIL | Set an address to not receive list postings |
| STOP | Synonymous with END |
| SUBSCRIBE | Subscribe to a mailing list |
| SUBSCRIBE/NOMAIL | Subscribe to a mailing list an address which should not receive list postings |
| SUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY | Subscribe to a mailing list, requesting a notification message to the subscribee address in the case of a third party subscribe |
| SUBSCRIBE/NONOTIFY | Subscribe to a mailing list, requesting no notification message to the subscribee address in the case of a third party subscribe |
| UNSUBSCRIBE | Unsubscribe from a mailing list |
| UNSUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY | Unsubscribe from a mailing list, requesting a notification message to the unsubscribee address in the case of a third party unsubscribe |
| UNSUBSCRIBE/NONOTIFY | Unsubscribe from a mailing list, requesting no notification message to the unsubscribee address in the case of a third party unsubscribe |