> Date:    Fri, 8 Oct 1993 13:26:00 EST
> From:    Lissa Mosley <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Trouble with MAILFORMS and LSVPUT
>
> I'm having some difficulty modifying the default mailforms.  To begin with,
> the LISTSERV will not place the file for me and sends me back the following
> error message after I issue an "LSVPUT <filename filetype FM> (PUT"
> command
>
>   File "<listname> MAILFORM" is unknown to LISTSERV, PUT request rejected.
>
> So, I got the listserv administrator to manually place the file for me, which
> worked, excepted that the formatting on the document is a total mess.  Things
> that were in columns, got pushed together on the same line and then justified;
> some paragraphs were indented 1 character while others were not, and in
> general, the justification made it look awful.
>
At the top of the text in your file, put a line saying
 
.FO OFF
 
to turn of the unwanted reformatting.  You also have to be careful with
apostrophes. Avoid them if possible.
 
 
Put
 
.FO ON
 
when you want to resume formatting