> We have about 200+ mailing lists on our server.  I want to change the
> verbiage of a couple of the default messages, but I don't want to put
> a new mail template for each list.  How do I do this?  I tried
> GETting the DEFAULT MAILTPL, editing it, and PUTting it, but received
> the following message:
>
> >It is not possible to update file "DEFAULT MAILTPL", because it is
> >maintained internally by LISTSERV.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

You must edit this file locally. If you choose to do this, I would suggest
keeping a back-up copy since it will be overwritten at the next upgrade.
As Glenn suggested, you could use $SITE$ MAILTPL. The problem there is
both the Site and Default templates will be sent.