On Mon, 14 Aug 95 15:54:23 EDT, I wrote:
 
> I have seen a list header (LISTSERV version 1.8a on VM is being used) that
> contains the following two lines:
> *  Owner=  UserA@NodeA  (UserA's Real Name)
> *  Owner=  Quiet:,UserB@NodeA  (UserB's Real Name)
>
> I would like to understand exactly what the "Quiet:" does.
>
> 1. Does it exclude UserB from receiving mail to Listname-Request?
> 2. Does it exclude UserB from receiving mail directed with a ".re owner",
>    ".cc owner", or ".to owner" command in a MAILTPL file?
> 3. Does it exclude UserB from being included in the expansion of the
>    &OWNER parameter in a MAILTPL file?
> 4. Is there any reason that "Quiet:" couldn't be applied to the first
>    owner?
 
and on Mon, 14 Aug 95 18:43:50 EDT, Nathan Brindle <[log in to unmask]> kindly
replied:
 
> The Quiet: list owner has list owner privileges but does not receive any
> error messages, listname-request mail, or suchlike.  Quiet means quiet.
>
> The first list owner must be non-quiet.  That's a given--someone has to
> be responsible for the list.  And if no one is specified, it's the
> LISTSERV maintainer, who will probably be somewhat hacked off at you
> since he has enough to do already...:)
 
I assume that means that the answers to my questions 1, 2, and 3 are each
"yes" (except that perhaps ".cc owner" and ".to owner" are not valid
commands). With respect to the issue of the first owner having the "Quiet:"
specification: if there is some owner who doesn't have the "Quiet:"
specification, why couldn't the first owner have it?
 
I want to verify that the syntax "Owner= Quiet:,UserB@NodeA" is correct. In
particular, I am confused by the comma. I understood that the comma
separates owners, not that it was used between a modifier and the owner
being modified.
 
Lastly, is the "Quiet:" specification in the list header described in any
manual or memo?
 
/David M. Rosenberg          [log in to unmask]         1-617-253-8054