> On Tue, 20 Aug 1996 20:13:19 EDT Roger Fajman <[log in to unmask]> said:
>
> >(7) The INDEX option works somewhat differently in the Unix version
>
> Actually,  the INDEX  option in  the unix  version works  like the  INDEX
> option on  VM sites with  LMail. Since  you were using  XMAILER, LISTSERV
> could not  use the  -search-request aliases  and the  postings had  to be
> retrieved in  a different manner.  Obviously this alternate  method would
> also work on a VM site with LMail, it just isn't the preferred one.
>
>   Eric
 
OK, but I don't understand why.  The userids listname-REQUEST and
OWNER-listname worked fine for us with Xmailer.  Why wouldn't
listname-SEARCH-REQUEST have worked too?