Thanks Ben.  The was exactly the problem that I had with Netscape.
So the spaming is the problem.  You can't use juno with listserv
because they are a free text program that can't run binary files.
I just found out from there tech support team tonight.  This is why
many of us can't have juno subscribers on their list.  Essentially the
tech team there told me that there program is good only for exchanging
one on one email and if you want to use a mailing list with them, you
have to do it with them alone, because they don't run binary files.
This explains the problems that some of us list owners had with subscribing
people from juno.com.
 
Sue
 
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On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Ben Parker wrote:
 
> On Mon, 14 Oct 1996 22:01:55 EDT, Roger Fajman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >I've never heard of a reason why Netscape couldn't be used to
> >send commands to LISTSERV.  If there is one, I'd be interested
> >in hearing what it is.
>
> Netscape's built-in mailer pgm can be used by anyone to post mail to a
> LISTSERV(tm) maillist.  It can also be used to send either user commands
> or list owner commands to the list, BUT if you do, LISTSERV detects that
> you are using a browser mailer and will make you do an 'OK' confirm of
> any and all command msgs, regardless if you are the owner and regardless
> if you include a PW=your_password.  Essentially, it forces the list to
> act like you have the keyword Validate= Yes, Confirm  if you use Netscape
> mailer.  I have not tested this with Internet Explorer or other browsers,
> but I presume they act the same way.
>
> It can be used, but it is decidedly inconvenient if you issue many
> commands.  This has been confirmed by Eric (who should know!) and is not
> related to or controlled by any settings in the list header.  Presumably
> it is an anti-spam mechanism of some kind.
>
> The solution is to use another mailer pgm.  There are several available
> for free and others for low cost.  PC-Pine, Eudora-lite, Free Agent,
> Pegasus, Juno, etc are all free and work with PPP dialup connections.
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