FWIW - We, on PPML, find the Subject line useful for indicting the basis
for messages to LISTSERV@ on answers to <Listname>-request messges to the
questioners and the other owners.

Ed

At 07:17 PM 3/30/97 GMT, Ben Parker wrote:
>On Sat, 29 Mar 1997 15:58:31 -0800, Hilander <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>>I have a listowner with an AOL address who is having problems issuing
>>commands to listserv.
>
>The AOL mailer, like many others, will not allow blank subject: lines.  It
>forces you to put something there.  LISTSERV ignores the Subject line in
>command messages, although some other list management programs do look for
>commands to be in the subject line.
>
>So, to keep AOL happy, something must be written on the Subject line, and
>the easiest thing to write is only the first command word (PUT, SET,
>QUERY, etc).  LISTSERV will ignore this, so the full command line, must be
>in the message text, with all necessary parameters, such as passwords,
>etc.
>
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