On Tue, 30 Jul 1996 09:36:08 -0500 Katherine Villyard said:
>I have an odd problem.  Listserv has apparently decided that our list owner
>and moderator's "personal name" is "{another subscriber's name [log in to unmask]"
>This despite the fact that I personally removed this subscriber (temporarily)
>and had him subscribe.  Listserv now sends mail to "{weird string of other
>subscriber's name and address}" at the correct address and refers to
>subscription
>settings for HIS REAL NAME which were approved by "{weird string}" at
>the same address.  I temporarily made myself the owner and Listserv did NOT
>use the same string as MY name.  Upon returning the list to him it once again
>behaves as if two different names--one for the owner and another for the
>subscriber--are using the same email address.
>
>Please help!
>
>Thank you,
>
>
>Katherine Villyard
>Programming and Systems
>Texas Woman's University
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I've had this problem before and it has to do with LISTSERV's registration or
"signup" file.  In each case it was a problem with the way the owner was
adding people to their list.  To fix this have this person, from their own
userid (or the postmaster or NAD can do this for them), send the following
command to your LISTSERV:
 
register off
 
Then if they like they can send (in the same note on the next line if
desired) the command:
 
register <their-full-name>
 
  e.g., register Greg Kroll
 
Hope this helps.
 
 
--Greg Kroll
  Virginia Tech Computing Center