--On March 7, 2006 11:03:51 AM -0700 Michael Loftis <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

> --On March 7, 2006 1:43:17 PM -0400 Bruno Robichaud
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I think the * in my select was causing a issues but right now I want to
>> know what wrong with my format because when I changed the * for the email
>> field o get error on /* Ect. , I just want to have the right format so I
>> can based myself for other is it possible to change my syntaxe for the
>> real thing plz thx.
>
> everything is one line or a continued line up to the //DATA, and that
> neeeds to be //DATA DD * ,EOF on one line (you missed the EOF) -- due to
> line wrapping going on I'm not totally sure your client isn't line
> wrapping the // TO DD * SELECT ... line.

(PS No I don't know a damned thing about mail merge.  I do however know 
about the koan format for DISTs/etc that ListServ uses, been using the 
bloody thing for ~6 years now.  Soooooo much better than all the little toy 
imitators out there)