Hello there,
 
I have one puzzling-to-me question.
 
With version 1.8a Owners have the ability to customize the listname MAILTPL
files and "put" it back to LISTSERV, without the administrator's intevention.
the American U, which has a peer of my list and the MAILTPL file is read by
LISTSERV, with no problem. PSU, has another peer of my list and eventhough
the file exists (and I do have write access to that disk), the MAILTPL will
not be read by LISTSERV. The steps at AU where the following. I'm including
Jim's mail:
 
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In order to have listserv use the MAILTPL file I merely PUTC it on
Listserv's 191 disk. In order to allow you to GET and PUT it I
created a MAILTPL FILEID and MAILTPL FILELIST. The MAILTPL file just
had:
 
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HELLAS MAILTPL HELLAS MAILTPL A1
 
The MAILTPL FILELIST had:
 
*+HEL= Owner(HELLAS)
  HELLAS MAILTPL ALL HEL . . . . . HELLAS MAILTPL File
 
I also added MAILTPL FILELIST to both LISTSERV FILEID and LISTSERV
FILELIST.
 
That's all there was to it. I don't know if the MAILTPL FILEID and
FILELIST are necessary, but it did allow you to both get and put the
MAILTPL file without my intervention. Before I did this you told me
that you could not get or put the HELLAS MAILTPL file.
 
Jim McIntosh ([log in to unmask])
The American University
Washington, DC USA 20016-8019
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Now PSU's admin (Bill Verity) told me that he has done this. I'm able to
get/put the mailtpl file but it will not be read by LISTSERV, and there
is no customized messages. I must mention that the same file is used in
both LISTSERVs, so the chance of a wrong mailtpl file I believe is eliminated.
 
Are there any suggestions/solutions ?
 
Spiros Liolis