On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Paul Noble wrote: >We are evaluating the use of LISTSERV as an announce-only mailing list to >notify interested users when parts of our website are updated. We would >like to make this as automated as possible. > >I have just about mastered the basics of creating and administering a >list (at least I think I have). Stress the word "basics". Am now >wondering if there is any support built into LISTSERV that would allow >the web development group to automatically create a message from an .asp >page or something, and send it to the list without someone having to sit >down each time, compose a message and manually send it to the list. > >If someone could point me to a section of the documentation or a >downloadable white paper that describes how to do this, I would very much >appreciate it. You might check the developer guide that's on L-Soft's web site for information. By the way, I don't see what value the Listerv API would have in your project. You could easily write a script that generates an email and forwards it to your list(s) of choice. As long as your script forms proper email headings, Listserv will treat it like any other email.