On 24 Dec 2003 at 9:22, Rob Carpenter <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I would like it so that each subscribers email address gets inserted in the > content we are sending out ??? > > Can ListServ show the recipient's email address either in the headers or at the > bottom of the newsletter issue maybe in the bottom banner?How would I go about > doing this? > > I am using listserv 1.8e with LSMTP 1.1B. There are a range of answers depending on how fancy you want to get. If you want to get really fancy, you might want the LISTSERV Maestro product for your newsletters: http://www.lsoft.com/products/default.asp?item=maestro To accomplish what you want with just LISTSERV and LSMTP, you can use the "mail-merge" features. 1. First make sure that LSMTP is set up to accept Mail-merge from the LISTSERV site. (In WinLSCP: Configure -> Mailers -> Add or Modify the entry for the LISTSERV server -> Protocol -> Accept mailmerge jobs should be checked) 2. Add the following keyword to the list header: Mail-merge=Yes 3. Create a Bottom_banner template with merge fields. For example: ============= SAMPLE BOTTOM_BANNER ==================== .fo off ******************************************************* You are subscribed to this list as: &*TO; To unsubscribe, visit the following link: &*TICKET_URL(&LISTNAME;, SIGNOFF); (for your protection, the URL is long, please make sure to copy the entire URL) ======================================================= If you send HTML messages, make sure you also define a BOTTOM_BANNER_HTML template. See section 4.6.3 of the LISTSERV Developers Guide for explanations of &*TICKET_URL and other merge fields that are available to you. If you've got a DBMS-backed list instead of LISTSERV's "traditional" format, you can include other fields present in the LISTSERV list table. Merge fields are not limited to the bottom banner: you can include them anywhere in the body of the message or even the subject line. Francoise