At 2:25 PM -0800 11/1/00, John, Laura wrote:
>In the bottom_banner section of the .mailtpl file, I put the following text:
>
>>>>  BOTTOM_BANNER
>
>=========================================
>
>To remove yourself from this list, simply click this link:
>mailto:[log in to unmask]&body=signoff%20afterbell and send the email.
>
>However in the Newsletter, the mailto link ended up (notice the semi-colon
>after the word BODY):
>
>=========================================
>
>To remove yourself from this list, simply click this link:
>mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY;=signoff%20afterbell and send the
>email.
>
>Is there any way to avoid this?

LISTSERV assumes that something starting with & is intended as a
variable substitution.  If you need to include a sentence with an
ampersand character, you will have to double it to bypass the
substitution process, as in "XYZ &&co."

Thanks,
--
Jacob Haller, Technical Support
L-Soft international, Inc
http://www.lsoft.com/