On Sat, 23 Mar 1991 18:07:01 EST you said:
>>Chris Myers (Washington University, St. Louis) took the action to
>>start the mailing list ([log in to unmask]).  It turns out he
>>already has a package that implements some of the subscribe/unsubscribe
>>features of LISTSERV.  He sends the following info to sign up to the
>>list:
>>
>> ``To subscribe send e-mail to [log in to unmask] with a body part of
>> "add listdev".  To unsubscribe send e-mail to [log in to unmask] with
>> a body part of "delete listdev".
>
>ADD instead of SUBSCRIBE?  DELETE instead of SIGNOFF?  If compatibility is a
>goal (and IMNSHO it should be), I'd say this is a bad start.
>
>-- Herb
 
Couldn't agree more with you. I claimed  the same thing a few months ago
when I  subscribed to another  list on that "listserv".  Using different
syntax for the same commands, particularly when the syntax used, is used
by LISTSERV for  other purposes (for prive'd commands),  will just cause
confusion among the users (how the  hack should a user know whether it's
an "Eric"  LISTSERV or  an INTERNET one,  particularly when  many BITNET
hosts now stick to domain naming conventions).
 
/ZVika