Ben guessed right:  I was trying to do this via the web- that was the
problem. I *thought* I had tried it with the createpw password via email
and had it fail, but when I tried that again, it worked [note: it DOES
require the createpw password, not the personal password, and in fact says
so if you supply an invalid password]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Ben Parker wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:44:46 -0400, Listserv Manager <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to use the pwc command, but it complains about the password I
>>supply. Yes, it is the creatpw- I use it all the time to create lists.
>>This must be an obvious error, but I can't figure it out.
>
>Are you attempting this via WWW interface?  If so, PWC commands (actually any
>command that requires the CREATEPW, such as STOP) cannot be issued via the WWW
>interface for security reasons.  Submit by email only.