However, I do not know what the equivalent commands would be from the command-line, or how you could achieve the same functionality via the e-mail interface. Is there a reason why you don't do this through the web interface?
I'm also interested in the exact same functionality (direct (un)subscription of users via email), so I'll answer what my reason is. I am often dealing with membership issues for my mailing lists whilst on the train. At these times, I don't have Internet connectivity (but I download my email before leaving home). It is very convenient to queue up emails subscribing new users instead of waiting until I next have an Internet connection and going through the web. This way, I can deal with it on the train when I'm working through my email and I can forget about it (because the requests just go off the next time I check my mail).
The other reason this would be useful is because it can be a lot faster if I am subscribing one set of users to multiple email lists and unsubscribing a different set from different lists. I get sent a list of addresses, so using a text editor and grep it is very easy to prepare an email to carry out the various activities (instead of waiting to have an Internet connection and then using multiple web forms).
Hope that helps to explain why an administrative email interface can be useful.
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