On Wed, 5 Jun 1996 13:06:37 EDT Nathan Brindle said:
>
> In a linear message, most special instructions are ignored.
 
Well, I knew that part.
 
>This is because the contents of the template are just a few lines out
>of a larger message that is being prepared by LISTSERV to contain the
>reply to the user's command(s)
 
Not true... with SUB_OWNER, that's the only message that's sent back
to the user.
 
> . . Generally speaking, with a linear
>message you are providing the TEXT of the reply to be shown to the user,
>but you do not have any control over the methods used for delivering this
>information."
 
This begs the question... why?
 
>Among them are SUB_CLOSED, SUB_OWNER, and POST_EDITOR.  Actually, I <think>
>they're the only ones.
 
Why?
 
I guess I don't understand why these were selected to be "linear"...