Russ, you can do a get of the known list you want to test, and change the name and create a new russ-test list. Then add yourself as owner and subscriber to the russ-test list or whatever and start testing. Yes, again attachments= No, does mean no attachments. You would want attachments= Yes. On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Humphrey,Mindy wrote: > Russ, I know I do not put anything with Attachments= unless I do want > attachments. My knowledge is default you cannot send attachments. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Hicks [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:44 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Attachments and Mail Templates > > > Hello, > > I'm new to this list, but I hope someone can help me. I run two > specialized listserv lists at Temple University in Philadelphia and I'm > trying to eliminate attachments coming into one of the lists. In my list > header, I inserted the line ... > > Attachments= No > > Then I sent a test attachment to the list and got back the message ... > > >>> Mail template "BAD_ATTACHMENT" not found <<< > > In looking through the massive on-line listserv documentation (gasp!), it > appears that I need to add a mail template to my list somehow, some place, > some way. I have no idea what I'm doing and I need help. I'd really like > to have someone who understands all this to walk me through what I need to > do. > > I'm pretty computer literate, but have very limited experience with the > listserv software. I'd rather not spend the time or effort to get a Ph.D. > in listserv just to learn how to handle templates - whatever they are. But > in reading some of the documentation (at least those parts that I could > understand), it appears that mail templates could solve many of the other > needs of my lists. I would eventually like to put a "How to unsubscribe" > line at the bottom of every post, and develop a subscription questionnaire > for potential new members, among other things. So I believe I really need > to understand about templates. > > Another aspect of all this that really concerns me is that I'm terrified of > crashing a stable production list that is doing a good job as is just > because I'm tinkering with things that I know very little about. I went > through a lot of trepidation just adding that "Attachments= No" line to the > list header. Is there somewhere I can learn and test out things in a test > environment without endangering a production list? > > Thanks very much in advance for any help you can give me! I look forward > to hearing from someone soon. > > Best regards, > > Russ Hicks > > [log in to unmask] > Dallas, Texas > 972-881-1451 home, 972-489-6169 cell > my home page: http://www.RussHicks.com >