On Sat, 23 Mar 1991 18:07:01 EST you said: >>Chris Myers (Washington University, St. Louis) took the action to >>start the mailing list ([log in to unmask]). It turns out he >>already has a package that implements some of the subscribe/unsubscribe >>features of LISTSERV. He sends the following info to sign up to the >>list: >> >> ``To subscribe send e-mail to [log in to unmask] with a body part of >> "add listdev". To unsubscribe send e-mail to [log in to unmask] with >> a body part of "delete listdev". > >ADD instead of SUBSCRIBE? DELETE instead of SIGNOFF? If compatibility is a >goal (and IMNSHO it should be), I'd say this is a bad start. > >-- Herb Couldn't agree more with you. I claimed the same thing a few months ago when I subscribed to another list on that "listserv". Using different syntax for the same commands, particularly when the syntax used, is used by LISTSERV for other purposes (for prive'd commands), will just cause confusion among the users (how the hack should a user know whether it's an "Eric" LISTSERV or an INTERNET one, particularly when many BITNET hosts now stick to domain naming conventions). /ZVika