On Wed, 3 Jul 2013 16:48:16 -0400, Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I'm trying to add a new personal password at a LISTSERV (16.0) site.
>
>It starts with a national symbol, followed by five a/n characters ending with a national symbol.
>
>Either I or LISTSERV can't count;-)
>
>The syntax that I used
>
>http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8e/owner/owner.html#_Toc128536947
>
>PWADD /new_password/
>

From the message it looks like you also have a space, which is not allowed.
And not all symbols are allowed.  As I recall there isn't a separate error
message for every possible error with the password (meaning length may not be
the actual issue).

http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/16.0/htmlhelp/list%20owners/IntrototheWebInterface.html#2355489

"The password must be at least 6 characters. It can be any alpha numeric 
 combination (A-Z, 0-9, and any case). You can also use certain special 
 characters, including $, #, @, _, -, ?, !, |, and %."

If you are replacing an existing password (or don't know if you have an
existing password) the better command is

  PW REP xxxxxxx

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