On Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:47:20 -0400 Jim Gerland said:
>On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Nathan Brindle wrote:
>> Which template is it?  If it's a linear template, .fo won't do anything.
>
>Boy, I've been working with LISTSERV since almost day one and I've never
>heard the term "linear template" ;-)  What is that?
 
"The template processor now supports 'linear' messages, which are sent
as a normal command reply and allow the list owner to modify the replies
from selected commands and 'optional' messages, which are only sent if
a template for this action has been specifically provided by the list
owner . . . In a linear message, most special instructions are ignored.
This is because the contents of the template are just a few lines out
of a larger message that is being prepared by LISTSERV to contain the
reply to the user's command(s) . . . Generally speaking, with a linear
message you are providing the TEXT of the reply to be shown to the user,
but you do not have any control over the methods used for delivering this
information."
            --from chapter 9.4 of the list owner's manual, originally
              found in the 1.8b release notes. :)
 
Among them are SUB_CLOSED, SUB_OWNER, and POST_EDITOR.  Actually, I <think>
they're the only ones.
 
Nathan