>I am setting up a List Serv mailing list and have two problems.
>
>1.  How do I get rid of the extra messages that it sends users when
>they subscribe and unsubscribe?  I just want the welcome and
>farewell messages that I edited to be used. It sends the user an
>extra default message when they subscribe and unsubscribe.

The message can be suppressed, but only if the subscriptions are
being done through a web form or similar process that you have full
control over. In this case you would change the form so that when
(say) [log in to unmask] subscribes using it the following message is
sent:

| From: [log in to unmask]
| To: [log in to unmask]
|
|
| //X JOB REPLY-TO=none
| SUBSCRIBE listname user name

Similarly for unsubscription requests.

Explanation:

LISTSERV by default will always send a response to any command it
receives; the extra message you describe is an automatic response to
the SUBSCRIBE command. The "//X JOB REPLY-TO=none" tells LISTSERV not
to send a response to that command. Any welcome or other messages
that would normally be sent upon a successful subscription will still
be sent.

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