On Thu, 25 Aug 1994 01:10:00 -0500 Winship said:
 
    Thanks for the help Douglas, I need it.  I'm new at this and would
appreciate it if anybody could tell me how to search this lists' archives.
This would prevent me from asking more dumb questions in the future!  ;-)
 
>I'm sure that by now someone has privately answered Mr. Gerlach's questions
>about his filelist problems, so nothing on that.  But here is a reminder
>for new list owners working via e-mail from UNIX.  If I get anything
>wrong, speak up!
>
>If you want to get rid of something from your filelist you first have to
>PUT a blank file of the same filename filetype before you can PUT the
>filelist again sans the file in question.  The rub is that some mail
>editors (like Pico in Pine) will not let you do that (at least I've never
>found a way).  There is always at least one extra CR, which LISTSERV reads
>as the replacement file.  The file in the index will indicate 0 nrecs, but
>that CR is still there.  So, when you try to replace the filelist, after
>removing the reference to the file in question, you are told the file
>isn't empty so your filelist PUT is rejected.
>
>Use a mail system that uses the vi editor, or something similar (I use
>Elm).  Use "insert" and create a message that is nothing but the PUT
>filename filetype blah blah message (don't hit the return key at the end
>of the line).  Send it in and you should have a totally blank file that
>will be deleted when you PUT your modified filelist.
>
>        Douglas Winship    Austin, Texas    [log in to unmask]
>                    Secondary AUTOCAT Listowner