On Fri, 1 May 1992 18:31:08 +0200, Eric Thomas <ERIC@SEARN> wrote:
>
>there are cases where it can be an inconvenience for the list owner due
>to numerous requests to "delete this address and add this one" (the
>addresses in question are, of course, never less than 40 bytes long and
>impossible to spell properly the first time).
>
The trick to simplify this is to not do any spelling!
 
For example, I may receive a request like:
 
   Please remove the ID 'NM1@MSSTATE' and add the ID [log in to unmask]
 
I would use the "FORWARD the E-mail" function within my Mail User Agent,
and forward the E-mail to LISTSERV.
 
Then, I would edit the outgoing message, inserting the nine (this is
a "worst-case" scenario) lines:
 
    //DELETE JOB
    QUIET DEL listname DD=OLD
    QUIET ADD listname DD=NEW
    //OLD DD *
    old-dummy
    /*
    //NEW DD *
    new-dummy New Name
    /*
 
into the "top" of the outgoing mail,
and then moving the actual ID-to-be-deleted to replace the "old-dummy" line,
and then moving the actual ID-to-be-added to replace the "new-dummy" line.
 
Of course, just delete all the other unneeded lines from the original note.
____________
 
Another trick, which works only under VM/CMS, is to use XEDIT to
massage an incoming E-mail message like:
  Please remove the ID "[log in to unmask]"
  from the XYZ-L list.
into the format:
  TELL LISTSERV QUIET DEL XYZ-L [log in to unmask]
by using the "delete" and "insert" features of the IBM 3270 terminal.
 
Then, use XEDIT commands to move the current-line-pointer to this line,
and enter the XEDIT subcommand 'STACK 1'.
XEDIT will stack the line, read it from the stack, and then pass the line
to CMS, and CMS will send the command to LISTSERV.
(It's actually easier to do than it is to describe!)