MailingList

MailingList

Defines a mailing list that distributes messages to a group of recipients.

This object can be configured from the WebUI under Management › Directory › Mailing Lists

Fields

name

Type: EmailLocalPart · required

Name of the mailing list, typically an email address local part.

domainId

Type: Id<Domain> · required

Identifier for the domain this mailing list belongs to. This is used to determine the email address of the mailing list, which is formed as name@domain.

emailAddress

Type: EmailAddress · server-set

The email address of the mailing list, formed as name@domain.

description

Type: String?

Description of the mailing list

aliases

Type: EmailAlias[]

List of email aliases for the mailing list

memberTenantId

Type: Id<Tenant>?

Identifier for the tenant this mailing list belongs to

recipients

Type: EmailAddress[]

List of email addresses that are members of the mailing list

JMAP API

The MailingList object is available via the urn:stalwart:jmap capability.

x:MailingList/get

This is a standard Foo/get method as defined in RFC 8620, Section 5.1.

This method requires the sysMailingListGet permission.

curl -X POST https://mail.example.com/api \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
      "methodCalls": [
        [
          "x:MailingList/get",
          {
            "ids": [
              "id1"
            ]
          },
          "c1"
        ]
      ],
      "using": [
        "urn:ietf:params:jmap:core",
        "urn:stalwart:jmap"
      ]
    }'

x:MailingList/set

This is a standard Foo/set method as defined in RFC 8620, Section 5.3.

Supports create, update, and destroy operations in a single call.

Create

This operation requires the sysMailingListCreate permission.

curl -X POST https://mail.example.com/api \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
      "methodCalls": [
        [
          "x:MailingList/set",
          {
            "create": {
              "new1": {
                "aliases": {},
                "domainId": "<Domain id>",
                "name": "alice",
                "recipients": {}
              }
            }
          },
          "c1"
        ]
      ],
      "using": [
        "urn:ietf:params:jmap:core",
        "urn:stalwart:jmap"
      ]
    }'

Update

This operation requires the sysMailingListUpdate permission.

curl -X POST https://mail.example.com/api \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
      "methodCalls": [
        [
          "x:MailingList/set",
          {
            "update": {
              "id1": {
                "description": "updated value"
              }
            }
          },
          "c1"
        ]
      ],
      "using": [
        "urn:ietf:params:jmap:core",
        "urn:stalwart:jmap"
      ]
    }'

Destroy

This operation requires the sysMailingListDestroy permission.

curl -X POST https://mail.example.com/api \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
      "methodCalls": [
        [
          "x:MailingList/set",
          {
            "destroy": [
              "id1"
            ]
          },
          "c1"
        ]
      ],
      "using": [
        "urn:ietf:params:jmap:core",
        "urn:stalwart:jmap"
      ]
    }'

x:MailingList/query

This is a standard Foo/query method as defined in RFC 8620, Section 5.5.

This method requires the sysMailingListQuery permission.

curl -X POST https://mail.example.com/api \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
      "methodCalls": [
        [
          "x:MailingList/query",
          {
            "filter": {
              "text": "example"
            }
          },
          "c1"
        ]
      ],
      "using": [
        "urn:ietf:params:jmap:core",
        "urn:stalwart:jmap"
      ]
    }'

The x:MailingList/query filter argument accepts the following conditions (combinable with AnyOf / AllOf / Not per RFC 8620):

Condition	Kind
text	text
memberTenantId	id of Tenant

CLI

stalwart-cli wraps the same JMAP calls. See the CLI reference for installation, authentication, and general usage.

Fetch

stalwart-cli get MailingList id1

Create

stalwart-cli create MailingList \
  --field name=alice \
  --field 'domainId=<Domain id>' \
  --field 'aliases={}' \
  --field 'recipients={}'

Query

stalwart-cli query MailingList
stalwart-cli query MailingList --where text=example

Update

stalwart-cli update MailingList id1 --field description='updated value'

Delete

stalwart-cli delete MailingList --ids id1

Nested types

EmailAlias

Defines an email alias for an account or mailing list.

enabled

Type: Boolean · default: true

Whether this email alias is enabled

name

Type: EmailLocalPart · required

The local part of the email alias (the part before the @ symbol)

domainId

Type: Id<Domain> · required

Identifier for the domain of the email alias (the part after the @ symbol).

description

Type: String?

Description of the email alias