>Please  note that  if  I had  implemented Mr  Kosower's  idea, this  very
>mailfile would  not have been  distributed but forwarded to  LISTSERV for
>execution, and I  would have been told that there  is no 'COMMANDS' list.
 
Eric, he did say "one line messages" only.  I'm still not sure it's the
right thing to do, but it is not as bad as you imply.
 
--Mark