Since each recipient is, technically, getting a different message, I imagine this would need to be done as a mail-merge. I've seen this feature in a number of newletter-type lists to which I'm subscribed, and have found it useful since I do receive mail via some "forwarding" addresses. = 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 John, Laura > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 12:03 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Substitution in LISTNAME.MAILTPL > > > Roger Burns wrote: > > >That method won't work. What you can do to achieve the same end result > >is to put the following text in your bottom banner (I'm using a made-up > >listname and listserv domain): > > > To remove yourself from this list, simply send an e-mail > > (message text and Subject: line do not matter) to the > > address [log in to unmask] > > >Naturally, you'll need to change "MSNBC" to the actual name of your > >list, and LISTSERV.MSNBC.COM to the actual domain name of the address of > >your Listserv. > >Use an actual address rather than trying to use listserv "&" variables. > > Roger, thanks for the advice. We are already using text like this at the > bottom of the newsletters, and unfortunately people still have problems > unsubscribing. Usually it's something like they signed up using an address > like [log in to unmask] but their real address is [log in to unmask], where > webtv does some sort of translation to allow them to use either. This type > of problem is easy to solve, I just scan the list for "someone" or > "someone@webtv". However, there have been a number of unsubscription > requests where I can't for the life of me figure out the > subscribed address, > and the address that the user swears that they received the > newsletter at is > not in the list. That's the problem I was trying to solve. > > Thanks! > Laura