At 12:24 PM 12/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
>On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 10:43:36 -0500, "Thomas W. Kozma" <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>>If a list owner has created a custom welcome message, is there a way to
>>prevent LISTSERV from sending the standard notification when a new
>>subscriber joins the list? I see there is a .QQ command to cancel messages
>>in the default.mailtpl template. Will this do it? If so, where must the .QQ
>>be placed in the template file so the default welcome message is
>>suppressed? I've never dealt with editing template files before and it is
>>all somewhat confusing to me.
>
>The 'generic' message is the template:
>
>>>> $SIGNUP Standard message to new subscribers
>..QQ
>
>
>Note that your listname.MAILTPL template file should only have the few
>templates in it that you have changed to be different from the
>DEFAULT.MAILTPL.
>
I'm not sure I understand. If I'm not making any of the templates different
but only suppressing the generic welcome message, what would the
listname.MAILTPL file contain?
Just these two lines:

  >>> $SIGNUP Standard message to new subscribers
  ..QQ

Or something else?
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