On Nov 8,  5:20pm, Bret Diamond wrote:

} Do the welcome and farewell messages have to include a "*" in
} every line, or just the first line?  Also, as the listowner, how

I think its optional on any lines.  They are just straight text (except
for the substitute variables) between the ">>>" section dividers.

} can I view the messages the way a subscriber would?  This is
} important because for whatever reason there seems to be
} formatting changes from when I compose the message in Netscape
} e-mail, to what actually gets distributed to new members (there
} seem to be line-spacing irregularities)  I've been having a
} friend subscribe/unsubscribe and then forward a copy to me, but
} we're both getting tired of this.

Only way I know of.  You might get yourself a hotmail, yahoo, or similar
account to test with to keep your friend out of the loop.

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