It looks like the import syntax that Chris described is the more viable
option since it accepts nameless recipients and recipients with single names
(Sherry instead of Sherry Beauchamp).

Thanks for your help.

Roger Suppona
Sandia National Laboratories
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sherry Beauchamp [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 2:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Getting around the full name requirement
>
>
> At 11:48 AM -0700 6/9/98, Roger Suppona wrote:
> >We're hitting a snag in our effort to migrate from majordomo
> to listserv.
> >Many of the majordomo subscribers don't have full names,
> just usernames and
> >addresses.  So, when we try and do something like QUIET ADD MYLIST
> >[log in to unmask], we get back this error message:
> >
> >[log in to unmask] is not yet in the signup file. Please specify
> the full name of
> >that person, as in "ADD MYLIST [log in to unmask] Joe H. Smith".
> >
> >We don't know foo's full name and would rather not be forced
> to dummy up
> >something.
>
> Use the command
>
> QUIET ADD MYLIST [log in to unmask] *
>
> This will add the subscription and put (No Name Provided) in
> place of the
> name on the subscription list.
>
> Sherry
>