On Thu, 30 Nov 89 20:17:05 EST Richard Hargan said:
>I was customizing one of the MAILFORM messages for a new list on our Listserv
>when I ran into a small problem: how do you insert a narrow block of text
>into a MAILFORM message?
>
>For example, I would like to put a mailing address in the text:
>
>    John Barth
>    1234 Chimera Hall
>    U. of Maryland
>
>The problem is, of course, that when this is parsed, the exec tries to string
>it all together into one line.  Is there a way around this (other than
>inserting blank lines between each line of text), or am I talking bells and
>whistles?
>
>Thanks,
>Rich
 
I just had the same problem and Eric provided the answer :
 
put a .fo off on a line before the address like this :
 
.fo off
 
1st line
2nd line
etc
etc
 
.fo off needed to start in column 1
 
Craig Holbert