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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 | 
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