"LISTSERV list owners' forum" <[log in to unmask]> wrote on
07/27/2004 10:24:11 AM:

>
> GIVE filename.filetype rfc822_address
>
> e.g.,
>
> GIVE filename.WELCOME [log in to unmask]
>
> The dot (period) helps

I suspect the dot may be required on non-VM systems (I'm running 1.8e on
Windoze), but will this work to get the welcome message generated from the
default mail template?  There is no file <listname>.WELCOME on the system
to deliver.