On Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:34:08 EST LISTSERV Administrator
<[log in to unmask]> said:
>>This is because the contents of the template are just a few lines out
>>of a larger message that is being prepared by LISTSERV to contain the
>>reply to the user's command(s)
>
>Not true... with SUB_OWNER, that's the only message that's sent back to
>the user.
Not true. With SUB_OWNER, this is the text of the reply to the SUBSCRIBE
command, which is inserted in the job reply after the '> sub blah blah'
line. Other commands in the job will then be processed, and so forth.
This is NOT a separate message like for instance the welcome message, but
part of a larger message that LISTSERV prepares itself to contain the
reply to the commands being issued.
>> . . Generally speaking, with a linear message you are providing the
>>TEXT of the reply to be shown to the user, but you do not have any
>>control over the methods used for delivering this information."
>
>This begs the question... why?
Because you're providing the TEXT OF THE REPLY TO ONE PARTICULAR COMMAND
(or part of this text), not a whole e-mail message. You don't control
what the "From:", "Reply-To" and "Subject:" say, or whether the reply
will be sent by e-mail, by TELL, over a web interface, etc.
>I guess I don't understand why these were selected to be "linear"...
It's actually very simple. When LISTSERV needs a character string to echo
to the user as the reply to his command, and people want it customized,
you automatically get a linear template. When originally LISTSERV sent a
whole, totally separate message, you get a regular template where you
have full control.
Eric
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