On Tue, 25 Oct 1994 23:26:00 EDT Wayne Marr <[log in to unmask]> said: > What command do I use to send the message to our machine so that it > is automatically distributed on each add? You mail a copy of the message to LISTSERV prefixed with: PUT xxxxx.WELCOME PW=yyyyyy Where xxxxx is the name of the list and yyyyyy is the list password. > An example would be helpful. Also, from the documentation it appears > that I don't need the help of the system's person. Correct. > Second, since our's is really a mailing list, can I eliminate the > standard "You have been added with a personal greeting. They can't > use most of the commands on the page that is sent. Follow the same steps to create a file called xxxxx.MAILTPL. Have a look at the file called DEFAULT.MAILTPL and locate the messages you want to modify. Each message starts with a >>> sequence followed by a name, say ADD1. If you want to suppress ADD1 and ADD2, write the following to the xxxxx.MAILTPL file: >>> ADD1 .qq >>> ADD2 .qq When you store the xxxxx.MAILTPL file, the messages in question will be suppressed. Eric