>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