Thanks everyone for the help. One follow-up question: I noticed that the
"default.mailtpl" file always includes the section that starts with "To
send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list...",
even if the list does not allow this (i.e. for an announcement list). Is
there a way to have this paragraph conditionally included using a ".bb"
tag only if the "send" keyword is "public" or "private"?

- Steve -

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>Just extract the section from the default.mailtpl file and modify what you
>want on it...then store it as your_list_name-L.mailtpl on your listserv
>server.  Ex:  I have a list called Members-L  so I stored a mailtpl file
>by
>the name of Members-L.mailtpl with a different Welcome Message for members
>of just that list.  No other list was affected by this change.
>
>Make sure you use the PUT= and PW
>and make sure you copy from the >>> $SIGNUP Standard message to new
>subscribers...
>to the acknowledgements completely with "SET &LISTNAME NOACK NOREPRO".
>You
>can modfy anything in between those lines.
>
>Kevin
>
>
>At 12:28 PM 12/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>I would like to change the default message that people receive when they
>>subscribe to a list (the one that starts off with "Please save this
>>message for future reference, especially if this is the first time you
>are
>>subscribing to an electronic mailing list."
>>
>>It looks like this message is stored in the "default.mailtpl" file. What
>>is the recommended way to modify this message and can it be adjusted for
>>an individual list? I added a "welcome" message to my test list, but this
>>doesn't seem to replace the multiple-paragraph set of instructions that
>>people receive when they subscribe.
>>
>>- Steve -
>