On Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:37:42 PST, Rich Greenberg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>} Do the welcome and farewell messages have to include a "*" in
>} every line, or just the first line?  Also, as the listowner, how
>
>I think its optional on any lines.  They are just straight text (except
>for the substitute variables) between the ">>>" section dividers.

The WELCOME file and FAREWELL file are plaintext files sent out exactly as you
create them.  If you put * in them that's what people will see.  There are no
&VARIABLE substitutions possible and no >>> section dividers.  That is a good
description of the *.MAILTPL Template file.

Note that it is possible to put your WELCOME message into the $SIGNUP Template
instead of a separate file, in which case, like any template, there may be
reformatting, variable substitution, etc.