Eric Tilenius,
 
   1) Commands in mail files from Internet sites should work just fine
      (they  do for  everybody  else).   The method  is  to place  the
      commands  in  the mail  body,  and  send  the mail  directly  to
      LISTSERV.  If you're doing this and still getting problems, drop
      me a line and we'll try to figure out what's up (or down, as the
      case may be).
 
   2) FILELISTs  are managed in a  way similar to Unix  or PC/DOS file
      directories.  Each FILELIST must be pointed to by a higher level
      FILELIST,  except for  the top  level (LISTSERV  FILELIST).  The
      entry in  the parent  FILELIST must  have the  /F/ flag  set (in
      column 1), to indicate that the entry describes a FILELIST (this
      isn't implied by a filetype  of FILELIST.  You can, for example,
      have a file  called SAMPLE FILELIST which isn't  flagged as one,
      and LISTSERV won't look inside it when trying to find files.) To
      change the  FILELIST, you must  have PUT authority for  it.  You
      can get  a copy to change  with the "GET <name>  FILELIST ( CTL"
      command.  The  "( CTL"  is a  must -  it prevents  LISTSERV from
      reformatting the  FILELIST into  the usual "INDEX"  response (no
      flags, different column alignments, etc).  Edit it, and then PUT
      it back.  You can't delete an  entry if the file it described is
      still on LISTSERV's disks, to prevent orphan files.  To delete a
      file, just  PUT an  empty file  in its name  (e.g.  send  a file
      containing the PUT command and nothing else.)
 
   3) I have to agree, the CaSe sensitivity is getting a bit tiresome.
      But Eric Thomas has been  flamed so often for case-insensitivity
      that I can't find it in my heart to argue against his reaction.
 
Ross Patterson
Rutgers University