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On 10 Jul 2006 at 13:17, Wayne T Smith wrote:

> I'd like to offer e-mail to "listname-subscribe-request@listserv-domain" 
> as a subscription method for some of my lists, but some potential 
> subscribers have a terminally serious problem with it.  Perhaps I'm 
> missing something?
> 
> 
> If the potential subscriber has not configured their e-mail with their 
> "FirstName LastName", Listserv (v14.5) sends the confirmation e-mail, 
> but when the potential subscriber clicks the URL s/he gets a web page 
> that says (for a "UMToday" mailing list):
> 
>     OK 485C1839
> 
>     Confirming:
> 
>      > QUIET SUBSCRIBE UMTODAY
> 
>     Please type your name after the name of the list, as in: "SUBSCRIBE
>     UMTODAY
> 
>     Joe H. Smith". Alternatively, if you want to subscribe anonymously,
>     send the
> 
>     command: "SUBSCRIBE UMTODAY Anonymous". Your subscription will then be
> 
>     hidden automatically.
> 
> 
> Although the potential subscriber may read "Confirming", the 
> subscription request was *NOT CONFIRMED* and in fact failed. The text, 
> which may be appropriate to someone who used e-mail to 
> Listserv@domain-name to subscribe, is completely unintelligible to the 
> listname-subscribe-request person.
> 
> Is there a way to make this work, such as a configuration item to allow 
> no name or default to anonymous for these lists?
> 
> Thanks and cheers, wayne
> 

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