On 18 Sep 98, at 7:53, Clark Pickett wrote:

>
> For the subscribe command, there is no ability to add a "Real Name" entry,
> since LISTSERV doesn't read the body of the message.  For those of us who
> require "Real Name" entries, this is a problem we must deal with.  I
> purposely entered a fictitious name in the message body.  LISTSERV did
> ignore that, and it picked up my name entry from my e-mail program setup.
> This may be OK if the person enters their real name in the setup.
> However, many people use some type of nickname or pseudonym in their's.
> Also, you run into the problem with AOL subscribers and the like whose
> e-mail software doesn't retain and send any name entry.
>

In the list that I am most likely to use thes "aliases" - subscription is by
application, so I don't need the "Firstname Lastname" part as they are going
to get a membership form anyhow and then be hand added using the
resonse form generated by Listserv ("so-and-so has requested to join")

Liz Marr