Thanks Ben.........Works just as you said. Claude. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Parker" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 1:52 AM Subject: Re: TOPICS specified in SUBJECT line of regular posts > On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:39:03 -0500, Paul Russell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >I interpreted the original message to mean that the questioner wanted to know if > >it was possible to prevent the topic name from appearing on the subject line of > >the message. If I interpreted the question correctly, the answer is 'No'. If > >there is no valid topic tag at the beginning of the subject line, the message is > >automatically assigned the topic 'Other'. The subject line is not changed, but > >the message is distributed only to those subscribers who have selected 'Other' > >or 'All' as their topic options. > > Paul is quite correct. However, there is an undocumented Feature that does > allow/tell LISTSERV to remove the topic: word(s) from the Subject: line of the > message sent out to the list. (This was supposed to be included in the 2002a > Level Set Release Notes, sorry.) > > First of all, you must be using a LISTSERV 1.8e version with Build Date of > 16 Dec 2002 or later. This feature does not exist in earlier builds of 1.8e. > Issue the SHOW LICENSE command to your LISTSERV. The Build-Date is the last > line in the response to this command. > > Secondly, the process requires an greater than average amount of skill on the > part of the person composing the message (or at any rate composing the > Subject: line), so it is probably only useful for announcement-style lists > where only a few people normally compose the messages, and where there may be > some cosmetic objection to seeing the Topics: keyword. It would be difficult > to implement in an open-discussion style list with many users. > > Briefly, the technique is that you add the special topics command *HIDE* on > the Subject: line with the Topics: keyword(s). As you know, one or more > Topics keywords must appear _first_ on the Subject: line, followed by a > (single) colon character ":", followed by the normal Subject descriptive > word(s). > > Single Topic: > > Subject: Cat: This is for cat lovers > > Multiple Topics: > > Subject: Cat,Dog,Bird: This is for all pet lovers > > > To cause the Topics Keywords to be removed by LISTSERV, write this: > > > Subject: *HIDE* Cat: This is for cat lovers > or > Subject: *HIDE* Cat,Dog,Bird: This is for all pet lovers > > > The *HIDE* command need not appear first on the Subject: line, but it must > occur before the colon character ":" (which defines the end of the Topics:). > And the *HIDE* must have a leading and trailing blank space, unless it is the > first word on the Subject: line. The *HIDE* command is not case sensitive. > > These are all valid: > > Subject: *HIDE* Cat: This is for cat lovers > Subject: Cat *HIDE* : This is for cat lovers > Subject: Cat, *HIDE* Dog,Bird: This is for all pet lovers > Subject: Cat,Dog, *HIDE* Bird: This is for all pet lovers > Subject: Cat,Dog,Bird *HIDE* : This is for all pet lovers > > This is not valid syntax: > (hiding will not occur and the Subject: Line will appear as-is) > > Subject: Cat: This is for cat lovers *HIDE* > > --------------- > > This "hide the topic keyword" feature is also available to users of our > LISTSERV Maestro product, when Defining Recipients from Standard LISTSERV > Lists, where the List in use has been configured with Topics. > > Obviously this feature is meaningless if no Topics are defined for the list. > The addition of the (optional) [Subject-Tag] to the Subject: line is not > affected and will occur regardless of the *HIDE* command usage.