Just curious, what's a ticket? If it's a URL that lets someone subscribe, doesn't it take them to a Web page where they enter any missing information? This sounds interesting, but I don't really understand the problem. = Marc Louis Stober = Systems Manager = The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism = [log in to unmask] = http://www.uscj.org > -----Original Message----- > From: LISTSERV give-and-take forum > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Christopher Kosel > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 10:57 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: List-wide subscription changes > > > It looks like I started quite a discussion here yesterday. Let me > elaborate > on the bigger problem I am having: > > My goal was not to change subscription options without > notification, my goal > was to find a way to prevent a problem I'm running into when using tickets > in mail-merge messages. > > My list had no default subscription options. I sent a newsletter with > subscribe and unsubscribe tickets in the letter. However, after > clicking on > the URL, a lot of people received a message that they needed to provide a > name, or type anonymous in place of their name, to properly subscribe. The > problem here is that tickets leave no form to enter the info and > most people > got very frustrated very quickly. I needed a quick solution to make things > more user friendly. I asked for a bit of help and the Listserv-developers > group suggested making CONCEAL the default to side-step the problem. > > If anyone has better ideas, I'd very much welcome them. > > Thanks in advance. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Rauch [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 4:44 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: List-wide subscription changes > > > > You probably want to do this QUIETly... > > > > QUIET SET listname NOCONCEAL FOR *@* > > On the other hand, you probably want to ask subscribers why > they're SET to CONCEAL. If you UNconceal them without asking them > first, or at the least, without giving them the opportunity to > UNSUBSCRIBE first (so their presence on the list in not > revealed), you'll likely create some serious animosity among > subscribers. To reSET them to NOCONCEAL "QUIET"ly would be even > more egregious than simply doing it without asking them first. > (Maybe you've already done all this "checking". If so, my advice > can be ignored.) > > Peter R