I believe that even though a user may have subscribed with a space in their
name that AOL reads it without the space.  I have a couple of users who have
that same problem and I just sub'd them without the space and it accepted
it, while rejecting it if I tried to do it with the space.


At 11:52 PM 3/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 08:32 AM 3/27/97 +0000, Sue Anne Reed wrote:
>>Greetings.
>>
>>I have a list member, who is also a local friend of mine, who is
>>insisting that her e-mail address is
>>
>>val [log in to unmask] (note the space between val and dell)
>>
>>How do I subscribe this person to the list?
>>
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>
>Sorry, I am so late.  I am catching up.
>I am not a technical person and am unfamiliar with OAL.  In fact, I more
>often ask a question than propose a solution (besides reading all the rest).
>
>I have read the replies by Pete Weiss, Lawrence B. York, Nathan Brindle, and
>Lefty and highly respect their skills  as well as those of others.
>
>But I'll dare a suggestion and a question to be confirmed (as solution).
>
>1. Suggestion:
>If Val Dell is right in insisting that her name does have a spece you can
>simply mark her name with your cursor and copy it on the clip baord, and
>from the clipboard into your ADD command (or something similar).
>
>2. Question (rather than solution):
>Try "Ann", ALT-32 on number pad (for blank space), "Dell".
>
>Could you technical people please comment whether this may work or not.
>Thank you.
>
>Just trying to be helpful.  (Hope I don't mess it up even more.)
>
>Francis
>