This is what we have on our bottom banners on mailtpl files. .FO ON >>> BOTTOM_BANNER .FO OFF ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send email to: &MYNAMES with a single line of text in the main BODY of the message that reads, UNSUBSCRIBE &LISTNAME .FO ON On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Dennis Gormley wrote: > I'm trying to implement a simple bottom_banner in my .mailtpl file. I'm > getting a bottom_banner, all right, but not with the results I intended. > > I got the [listname].mailtpl file, where the relevant section said > > BOTTOM_BANNER Bottom banner for plain text postings > TOP_BANNER Top banner for plain text postings > BOTTOM_BANNER_HTML Bottom banner for HTML postings > TOP_BANNER_HTML Top banner for HTML postings > POSTACK1 Reply sent to anyone posting to the list (for "replybots") > WWW_LIST_HEADER HTML header for web interface > WWW_LIST_TRAILER HTML trailer for web interface > >>> DIST_VIRUS Virus detected in DISTRIBUTE job > > etc. > > So I modified it to read > > >>> BOTTOM_BANNER Bottom banner for plain text postings > > TRAINING9 is a test listserv maintained by HSLC > See http://www.hslc.org for more information about us. > Mail to mailto:[log in to unmask] to leave the list > > TOP_BANNER Top banner for plain text postings > BOTTOM_BANNER_HTML Bottom banner for HTML postings > TOP_BANNER_HTML Top banner for HTML postings > POSTACK1 Reply sent to anyone posting to the list (for "replybots") > WWW_LIST_HEADER HTML header for web interface > WWW_LIST_TRAILER HTML trailer for web interface > >>> DIST_VIRUS Virus detected in DISTRIBUTE job > > but I get everything between the two >>> as the bottom_banner. > > OK, so I put a >>> in front of top_banner. I get the correct bottom_banner, > but I then get a top banner including everthing between >>> TOP_BANNER and >>> > DIST_VIRUS as a top_banner, which is not the desired results. > > I tried putting >>> in front of each entry between >>> BOTTOM_BANNER and >>> > DIST_VIRUS but then I get the POSTACK1 response, again not the desired results. > > I've tried implementing .bb and .eb as well, but I want the same banner to go > out with each message, rather than a rotating banner > > I've checked the online documentation at > http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8e/owner/owner.html and, although I can find > examples of rotating bottom_banners, I can't find an example of a > a simple bottom_banner. I've searched the archives at > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?S1=lstown-l as well; again, plenty > of examples of rotating banners, but for a simple banner, the general response > seems to be that they can be done, rather than how to do them. (I'm always > glad to be proven wrong!) > > Thanks! > > Dennis >