Thanks Ben.........Works just as you said.

Claude.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Parker" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: TOPICS specified in SUBJECT line of regular posts


> On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:39:03 -0500, Paul Russell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >I interpreted the original message to mean that the questioner wanted to
know if
> >it was possible to prevent the topic name from appearing on the subject
line of
> >the message. If I interpreted the question correctly, the answer is 'No'.
If
> >there is no valid topic tag at the beginning of the subject line, the
message is
> >automatically assigned the topic 'Other'. The subject line is not
changed, but
> >the message is distributed only to those subscribers who have selected
'Other'
> >or 'All' as their topic options.
>
> Paul is quite correct.  However, there is an undocumented Feature that
does
> allow/tell LISTSERV to remove the topic: word(s) from the Subject: line of
the
> message sent out to the list.  (This was supposed to be included in the
2002a
> Level Set Release Notes, sorry.)
>
> First of all, you must be using a LISTSERV 1.8e version with Build Date of
> 16 Dec 2002 or later.  This feature does not exist in earlier builds of
1.8e.
> Issue the SHOW LICENSE command to your LISTSERV.  The Build-Date is the
last
> line in the response to this command.
>
> Secondly, the process requires an greater than average amount of skill on
the
> part of the person composing the message (or at any rate composing the
> Subject: line), so it is probably only useful for announcement-style lists
> where only a few people normally compose the messages, and where there may
be
> some cosmetic objection to seeing the Topics: keyword.  It would be
difficult
> to implement in an open-discussion style list with many users.
>
> Briefly, the technique is that you add the special topics command *HIDE*
on
> the Subject: line with the Topics: keyword(s).  As you know, one or more
> Topics keywords must appear _first_ on the Subject: line, followed by a
> (single) colon character ":", followed by the normal Subject descriptive
> word(s).
>
> Single Topic:
>
>   Subject: Cat: This is for cat lovers
>
> Multiple Topics:
>
>   Subject: Cat,Dog,Bird: This is for all pet lovers
>
>
> To cause the Topics Keywords to be removed by LISTSERV, write this:
>
>
>   Subject: *HIDE* Cat: This is for cat lovers
> or
>   Subject: *HIDE* Cat,Dog,Bird: This is for all pet lovers
>
>
> The *HIDE* command need not appear first on the Subject: line, but it must
> occur before the colon character ":" (which defines the end of the
Topics:).
> And the *HIDE* must have a leading and trailing blank space, unless it is
the
> first word on the Subject: line.  The *HIDE* command is not case
sensitive.
>
> These are all valid:
>
>   Subject: *HIDE* Cat: This is for cat lovers
>   Subject: Cat *HIDE* : This is for cat lovers
>   Subject: Cat, *HIDE* Dog,Bird: This is for all pet lovers
>   Subject: Cat,Dog, *HIDE* Bird: This is for all pet lovers
>   Subject: Cat,Dog,Bird *HIDE* : This is for all pet lovers
>
> This is not valid syntax:
>  (hiding will not occur and the Subject: Line will appear as-is)
>
>   Subject: Cat: This is for cat lovers *HIDE*
>
> ---------------
>
> This "hide the topic keyword" feature is also available to users of our
> LISTSERV Maestro product, when Defining Recipients from Standard LISTSERV
> Lists, where the List in use has been configured with Topics.
>
> Obviously this feature is meaningless if no Topics are defined for the
list.
> The addition of the (optional) [Subject-Tag] to the Subject: line is not
> affected and will occur regardless of the *HIDE* command usage.