On Mon,  19 Jul 1993  10:47:20 EDT "Michael H.  Morse" <[log in to unmask]>
said:
 
>2. subscribe [log in to unmask]
 
If you  tell that  to LISTSERV,  it will  answer it  doesn't know  of any
LISTSERV at nsf.gov. If you  told it to subscribe to [log in to unmask]
it would forward  your request there. This because  some users apparently
find it easier to have a  single e-mail address for a particular LISTSERV
close to them and add the host  name to the list name when needed, rather
than make  several aliases. Even setting  them aside, many users  find it
logical to subscribe  with exactly the same address they  are told to use
when posting. I guess  it is obvious to a programmer  that you don't need
to retype  the hostname since  you're mailing to that  particular server,
while it is obvious to a user that it is "safer" to retype it since there
is then  no possible ambiguity,  "the computer" would surely  rather have
redundant information than not enough :-)
 
  Eric