On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Francis de Ruijte wrote:

> Hello, everybody:
>
> The REVIEW command shows us, first the header, and then the list of
> subscribers in two columns. The left column has the e-mail addresses, the
> right column has the subscribers' full names.  Two questions.
>
> 1. Is there a way to sort the right column in alphabetical order? And is it
> possible to keep this column in alphabetical order when new persons
> subscribe to the list?

Yes.

REView  listname [(options]     Get information about a list
        BY sort_field   ->      Sort list in a certain order:
          Country               by country of origin
          Name                  by name (last, then first)
          NODEid                by hostname/nodeid
          Userid                by userid
          BY (field1 field2)    You can specify more than one sort field if
                                enclosed in parentheses:
        BY (NODE NAME)
        Countries       ->      Synonym of BY COUNTRY
        LOCal   ->      Don't forward request to peers
        Msg     ->      Send reply via interactive messages (BITNET users only)
        NOHeader        -> Don't send list header
        Short   -> Don't list subscribers

From pg 86 manual


> 2. Is it possible to ADD (or QUIET ADD) a large number of new persons to the
> list by one command?  Or is it only possible by placing in front of each new
> subscriber [QUIET] ADD MyList e-mail@address Full-Name?

Yes.

2.      Create an add job as follows:

QUIET ADD listname DD=X IMPORT
//X DD *
internet-address1
internet-address2
/*

        where "listname" is the name of the new list, and
"internet-address1", "internet-address2" and other users are the internet
addresses from the original 7list that you want to add to the new list.
Optionally, you can add the user's "real name" field, e.g.,

QUIET ADD listname DD=X IMPORT
//X DD *
internet-address1 full_name
internet-address2 full_name
/*


From section 4.3 page 25

>
> Thank you.
> Francis
> FrStudy-L owner
>