On Fri, 23 Aug 1996 16:32:44 +0200 Eric Thomas said: >On Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:08:56 CDT Chris Barnes <[log in to unmask]> >said: > >>Well, it seems the ampersand (&) is something that the mailtpl file >>doesn't recognize (left overs from the old PROFS/SCRIPT days?). >>Perhaps in future versions of Listerv, we can just leave out the text >>formatting altogether? Imho, it's not needed, and tends to be a bother. > >Why don't you make an experiment and edit DEFAULT MAILTPL to remove all >the words starting with an ampersand, then run this way for a few days. >Then let us know if you still think this isn't needed and is in fact just >a bother. > >>Especially in light of the fact that many Listserv's won't be running on >>VM at all.... > >What on earth does this have to do with VM??? As you can see from my assumption above (since proven incorrect), I had assumed that the & was based on the old IBM Script language. Obviously the & is used for variable substitution - which is needed and is a nice feature. The && suggestion worked nicely (thanks). But the rest of the formatting apparently *is* based on the old IBM script (ie. the ".fo off, .eb"). Do we really need the *formatting* stuff? I don't think so. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chris Barnes (409) 846-3273 (home) [log in to unmask] (409) 845-8300 (work) http://helper.tamu.edu/STAFF/cbarnes/