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Bill Gruber <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:50:05 EDT
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On Wed, 16 Jul 1997 15:25:11 GMT Ben Parker said:
>It occurs to me they might have (mistakenly) sent  SUBSCRIBE listname
>without adding their full name (leaving that blank) but LISTSERV in this
>case is getting an (incorrect) name from somewhere and sticking it in the
>proper place, but it's not right.  I'm wondering where LISTSERV is finding
>this incorrect name.

LISTSERV keeps its own database of names which it generates from previous
and current subscriptions.  The REGISTER command lets the end-user or the_
LISTSERV maintainer change or delete information in this LISTSERV signupom
database.

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Bill

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