On Mon, 16 Sep 1996 15:05:47 -0400 Joan Korenman said:
>        Hi, everyone.  Have I been asleep?  I have been under the
>impression that to subscribe to a Listserv or Listproc list, one
>sent the message SUBSCRIBE Listname Your Name .  But I was just
>poking around on LSoft's website, where it has its list of LSoft
>lists, and the instructions given there are just SUBSCRIBE Listname.
>That's true even for my list.  This comes as news to me.  When did
>things change?  Will both versions of the instructions continue to
>work indefinitely?
 
It has always worked this way.  It works ONLY IF you have previously
subscribed to a list on this particular server and your name information
is in the "SIGNUP" file.  If not, you will be asked to re-send your command
with your complete first name and sirname appended.
 
Harold