>I can't expect any  Unix site of people who want to be  on my mailing list to
>run a special package, can I?
 
You certainly should encourage it. smail is not *that* hard to install and get
running if you have  your wits about you and can read  the English language at
better than  a 8th grade level.  Perhaps this might provide  some incentive to
people still using /bin/mail to get into  the 20th century and get some decent
tools.
 
>I don't think this is a complex patch, and would enable Listserv to deal more
>effectively with the chaos in UUCP.
 
"It's perfect, but can you make this one small change...." -- 8-) 8-)
 
 
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