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Jacob Haller <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:56:23 -0500
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>I am trying to make things simpler and easier for our list members so
>they won't unsubscribe when they really want NOMAIL.
>So I tried to put this in the bottom banner:
[. . .]
>to restart your mail click here and send it:
>mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY;=SET%20IRWOLF-L%20MAIL
>
>note the additional semicolon after the word "BODY".  This prevents the
>user's mail reader from generating the body section of the email.

LISTSERV's attempting to interpret &BODY as a substitution and is
failing.  From section 9.3 of the List Owner's Manual:

| 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."

I hope this is helpful.

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

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