The problem is very simple. Check the spelling of listserv in the message, and in the addressee headers: you've written "LISTERV" instead of "LISTSERV"! Bill Paul writes: > > I have been trying to send commands to [log in to unmask] and this is > what I get back. > > > Your message is being returned to you unprocessed because it looks like a > LISTSERV command, rather than material intended for distribution to the members > of the LISTERV list. Please note that LISTSERV commands must ALWAYS be sent to ^^^^^^^ > the LISTSERV address; if it was indeed a command you were attempting to issue, > please send it again to [log in to unmask] for execution. Otherwise, > please accept our apologies and try to rewrite the message with a slightly > different wording - for instance, change the first word of the message, enclose > it in quotation marks, insert a line of dashes at the beginning of your > message, etc. > > ------------------------ Rejected message (26 lines) -------------------------- > Received: from sundog.com (sundog.com [205.164.184.58]) by sioux.sodak.net > (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id IAA04202 for <[log in to unmask]>; Sat, 21 ^^^^^^^ > Dec 1996 08:01:54 -0600 (CST) > Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 08:01:54 -0600 (CST) > Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> > X-Sender: [log in to unmask] > X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > To: [log in to unmask] ^^^^^^^ > From: Paul <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: > > > Paul > ________________________________________________ > irc: Dawggy [log in to unmask] | > www.sundog.com | > Twins Mailing List Manager | > World Series List Co-Manager | > *email me or info* | > _________________________________________________| > -- Dr. W. Schipper Email: [log in to unmask] Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4528 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7