On 10 Nov 98, at 23:06, Bret Diamond wrote:

> The message I get when someone wants to join our list (it's moderated,
> they need owner permission) indicates that the message has been
> "specially formatted" to allow me to simply add the password, and then
> forward the message to the listserv to "auto-add" the party.  I'm just
> getting the list started, but so far I've not been able to simply
> forward the post--when I do nothing happens.  I'm using Communicator
> 4.5

When you forward it, is Communicator quoting the original message
with ">"? If so then it won't work -- the message must be forwarded to
LISTSERV exactly as LISTSERV sent it to you. LISTSERV will skip
over any lines that start with ">".

Francoise