Hello.  I have a few questions about BANNERS that I can't seem to find
the answer to in the documentation:
 
1) What is the difference and intended usage of the BOTTOM_BANNER vs.
the DEFAULT_BOTTOM_BANNER templates?  I would have thought that
DEFAULT_BOTTOM_BANNER was a site-wide default, with BOTTOM_BANNER being
list specific, but when I look in a given list's MAILTPL file, I see
both.  In what sort of circumstances should one use one over the other?
 
2) How does the <list>.MAILTPL file get populated when a new list is
created?  Where are the true site-wide defaults kept from which these
are copied?  (SITE.MAILTPL?  default.MAILTPL?  How these work in terms
of which overrides which?)
 
3) What triggers the creation of the <list>.MAILTPL file at all?  Is one
always created unconditionally at list creation time, or only if some
kind of template modifications have taken place?  (On my system I have
some lists that have a MAILTPL file and some that don't, and some of the
ones that do are ones I know have not had their templates specifically
modified.)
 
4) Does the "#" character have any special significance in a MAILTPL
file?  As a comment delimeter, for example?  I have a MAILTPL file that
looks like this: 
 

	>>> BOTTOM_BANNER Default bottom banner
	.CS ISO-8859-1
	To unsubscribe from the list: &LISTNAME-signoff-request@&MYHOST
<mailto:&LISTNAME-signoff-request@&MYHOST> 
	 
	.hh on
	
########################################################################
	 
	##To unsubscribe from the &LISTNAME list, click the following
link:
	##.BB &LITEFE = 0
	## &*TICKET_URL(&LISTNAME_ENCODED,SIGNOFF);
	##.ELSE
	##&WA_URL;?SUBED1=&LISTNAME_ENCODED&A=1
	##.EB
	.hh off
	

Not surprisingly, it causes errors on messages about the ".hh" directive
(which is invalid), but the "#" characters don't seem to show up either.
Maybe that's because of the directive error, but those prefix "##" look
like someone thought it was a commend delimiter, so I just want to
double-check before I fix it.
 
Thanks for any help.
-- John W. Manly  <[log in to unmask]>  (413)542-2641 
   Systems and Networking Group,   Amherst College 


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