On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:40:04 -0500, Rob Carpenter <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >14 Mar 2003 13:50:39 To [ANONYMOUS]@DCLISTSRV1.TECHWIRE.COM: Please type your >name after the name of the list, as in: "SUBSCRIBE testlist Joe (...) > >What does the last line mean ? LISTSERV expects a 2-word "name" in the Subscribe command as in SUBSCRIBE testlist Joe Jones >and why does it work on sum subscribers and not >on others? Some subscribers mail program includes their name in their email address (e.g. Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]> ) If so, and if the name is not included with the SUBSCRIBE command, LISTSERV will look at the From: address and find it there. Some mail programs (e.g. Aol.com) specifically do not include a name, so LISTSERV is forced to ask for the name. To change this behavior (i.e. to make LISTSERV not care about the name), set the List Header thusly: * Default-Options= Conceal This will make LISTSERV 'forget' about names altogether.