Hi Ben,
Thanks for the tip. I did everything and I tried to send a message from my 
gmail account to sign on and I got an error back. I wanted to send a blank 
message to the address

The error:
LISTSERV does not allow the distribution of empty messages to a mailing 
list,
because some users  are unable to see the "Subject:"  field from the 
original
message.

What change do I need to make. Forgive me for I am new and under pressure to 
get this done ASAP.

Thanks,
Charles E. Drawdy
Manager, Client Accounts, Licensing & Messaging Systems
E-Mail Administrator
Information Technology Services
Gallaudet University

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Parker" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: Aliases


> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:09:15 -0400, Charles Drawdy
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>To subscribe or unsubscribe, a user must send a request to 
>>[log in to unmask] or 
>>[log in to unmask] We have some hardcopy 
>>documentation that has the old name, [log in to unmask] and 
>>[log in to unmask] It will take time to change those 
>>documentation so I would like to either change the LSOFT configuration or 
>>add some type of aliases. I am running the LSOFT on Windows.
>
> Under unix you could create such aliases directly.  Under Windows, I would
> suggest you create 2 'special' lists (hidden and with only 1 subscriber 
> each)
> to provide a mail-forwarding capability to accomplish this.
>
> For example the 'ALERT-ON' list might look like this:
>
> --------------------
> email address forwarding
>
> .hh on
> This "list" only for email address forwarding.
> This is not a normal list.
>
> Owner= [log in to unmask]
>
> Subscription= closed
> Confidential= Yes
> Sender= none
> Reply-To= none
> Auto-Delete= No
> Notebook= No
> Digest= No
> Errors-To= Owner
> Language= NOHTML
> Attachments= No,Filter
> Sizelim= 25K
> Ack= No
> Default-Options= FULL822
> changes recipient address from alert-on to alert-subscribe-requst
> Change-Log= Yes,yearly
> provide logging of any traffic through the list
> Review= Owner
> Validate= Yes,Confirm
> Send= Public
>      ^ DO NOT CHANGE THIS!
>      This list MUST accept any/all mail from any address w/o confirmation
> Daily-Threshold=300
>
> Created: 2006-08-14  by: xx
>
> .hh off
> ------------------------
>
> The one and only subscriber would be:
>
> [log in to unmask] (No Name Available)
>
> Similar for the  ALERT-OFF list, with obvious necessary changes.
>