This is what we have on our bottom banners on mailtpl files.

.FO ON

>>> BOTTOM_BANNER
.FO OFF
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Dennis Gormley wrote:

> I'm trying to implement a simple bottom_banner in my .mailtpl file. I'm
> getting a bottom_banner, all right, but not with the results I intended.
>
> I got the [listname].mailtpl file, where the relevant section said
>
> BOTTOM_BANNER      Bottom banner for plain text postings
> TOP_BANNER         Top banner for plain text postings
> BOTTOM_BANNER_HTML Bottom banner for HTML postings
> TOP_BANNER_HTML    Top banner for HTML postings
> POSTACK1           Reply sent to anyone posting to the list (for "replybots")
> WWW_LIST_HEADER    HTML header for web interface
> WWW_LIST_TRAILER   HTML trailer for web interface
> >>> DIST_VIRUS Virus detected in DISTRIBUTE job
>
> etc.
>
> So I modified it to read
>
> >>> BOTTOM_BANNER      Bottom banner for plain text postings
>
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> TOP_BANNER         Top banner for plain text postings
> BOTTOM_BANNER_HTML Bottom banner for HTML postings
> TOP_BANNER_HTML    Top banner for HTML postings
> POSTACK1           Reply sent to anyone posting to the list (for "replybots")
> WWW_LIST_HEADER    HTML header for web interface
> WWW_LIST_TRAILER   HTML trailer for web interface
> >>> DIST_VIRUS Virus detected in DISTRIBUTE job
>
> but I get everything between the two >>> as the bottom_banner.
>
> OK, so I put a >>> in front of top_banner.  I get the correct bottom_banner,
> but I then get a top banner including everthing between >>> TOP_BANNER and >>>
> DIST_VIRUS as a top_banner, which is not the desired results.
>
> I tried putting >>> in front of each entry between >>> BOTTOM_BANNER and >>>
> DIST_VIRUS but then I get the POSTACK1 response, again not the desired results.
>
> I've tried implementing .bb and .eb as well, but I want the same banner to go
> out with each message, rather than a rotating banner
>
> I've checked the online documentation at
> http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8e/owner/owner.html and, although I can find
> examples of rotating bottom_banners, I can't find an example of a
> a simple bottom_banner.  I've searched the archives at
> http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?S1=lstown-l as well; again, plenty
> of examples of rotating banners, but for a simple banner, the general response
> seems to be that they can be done, rather than how to do them. (I'm always
> glad to be proven wrong!)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dennis
>