Great answer, wrong question ;)

We aren't trying to do anything with Notebook=, just Editor= and it's
failing on a Notebook= error.

Roger Suppona
Sandia National Laboratories
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Parker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 1998 11:11 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: List owner cannot update list header
>
>
> On Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:31:14 -0600, "Suppona, Roger"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >One of my list owners is trying to add editors to his list
> but the put
> >operation fails with the following:
> >
> >"The following problems have been detected in the list header:
> >
> >* Notebook= ...
> >Error: The first two parameters of the "Notebook=" keyword
> may only be
> >updated
> >       by the LISTSERV administrator.
> >
> >Please refer to the list keyword documentation (available
> via the "INFO
> >KEYWORDS" command) for more information about keyword syntax.
> >
> >PUT operation rejected, old list remains unchanged."
> >
> >We've removed the "Notebook=" keyword from the header he's
> sending but his
> >changes are still rejected.  I really hope there's a
> workaround, I don't
> >want to be in the business of managing list headers.
>
> A change from Notebook= No to Notebook= Yes,(directory
> path),... must involve
> the Site Admin who can establish the correct archive
> directory path, create
> the directory, etc.  After that, the List Owner can change
> whatever else.
>
> While the change from Notebook= Yes,(path),... to Notebook=
> No, is less
> involved, again it should involve the Site Admin who will
> then deallocate the
> disk space, and do other cleanup chores.  That is why any
> change to *this*
> setting must be done only by a Site Admin/LISTSERV
> Postmaster.  The same is
> true if you have Notebook= No, but Digest= Yes,(path),...
> because, again, only
> the Site Admin can allocate diskspace on the server.
>