>Posted on 14 Mar 1994 at 18:28:56 by Brent Stilley
>
>LISTSERV Problems
>
>Date:         Mon, 14 Mar 1994 17:03:54 CST
>Reply-To:     LISTSERV list owners' forum <[log in to unmask]>
>From:         Brent Stilley <[log in to unmask]>
>
>Can someone help me with this? I suspect this has something to do with the
>new cc:Mail gateway service Compuserve is providing. I tried to ping the
>CM#u#P1 from a couple of systems without success, and there's apparently no
>MX record.
>
>Brent Stilley,  Oklahoma State University, 113 Math Sciences, Stillwater, 74078
>
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>     Brent,
>
>     There are several people here would would love to get on the cc:Mail list.
>     Unfortunately, their internet addresses come across with "#" in it.  For
>     example "[log in to unmask]" get translated (thanks to
>     compuserve) so that the return address looks like
>     "[log in to unmask]".  LISTSERV sends back a message that
>     it encountered an unexpected token (refering to the "#" sign).
>
>     Is there any way around this?
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Chip Lowry
 
I would suggest that you get their addresses, in a form which listserv will
accept, and then add them yourself to the list.  Would there still be problems
if they tried to post?  (I've only been a list owner for a week, so I'm
new to this as well.)
 
Nate Tassler