Thanks Jacob, You were right it is Eudora. It was breaking the lines at 76 characters. Your suggestion fixed the problem. Thanks. Thomas. At 09:42 AM 09/28/1999 -0400, you wrote: >>Friends, >> >>I have been trying hard to get rid of the error below. >> >>My template file has an argument that overflows to the next line. I know >>that this not accptable in listserv. every time I get rid of the line >>break and "PUT" the file, the line breaks again. can anyone help? >> >>This is how it is supposed to be: >> >>.bb (&KWD(DIGEST,1) = YES) or ((&KWD(DIGEST,1) ^= NO) and (&KWD(NOTEBOOK,1) >>= YES)) >> >>but this is how it ends up: >> >>.bb (&KWD(DIGEST,1) = YES) or ((&KWD(DIGEST,1) ^= NO) and (&KWD(NOTEBOOK,1) >>= Y >>ES)) >> >>which results in this error message: >> >>>>> Error in line 78 of "TOA-NET MAILTPL": missing operator (=, <>, AND, >>OR, etc >>), leftover data: "" <<< >> -> .bb (&KWD(DIGEST,1) = YES) or ((&KWD(DIGEST,1) ^= NO) and >>(&KWD(NOTEBOOK,1) >><- >> >>What do I need to to do? > >There's probably a general answer to your question, but I'm not sure >what it is. However... > >I see you're using Eudora. You can turn off line-wrapping in >individual messageas by clicking on the icon at the top of the >message to be sent that loooks like a piece of paper with an arrow >that starts out on the right side of the piece of paper, then takes a >u-turn and ends up pointing to the left. (Hopefully this is accurate >for the particular version of Eudora that you're using.) >-- >Jacob Haller, Technical Support >L-Soft international, Inc >http://www.lsoft.com/ >