The 1.1 version of LISTSEND, the CMS user interface for LISTSERV DISTRIBUTE, is now available from [log in to unmask] News with this release: * DIST2 is now the default for LISTSERV. Since the old default string is incompatible with the new semantics (ie previously DIST=DIST1, DIST2 had to be explicitly requested, now DIST=DIST2, DIST1 has to be explicitly requested), LISTSEND V1.1 will automatically reset the default for the DISTRIBUTE option, if present, the first time it is invoked. A warning will be issued if this is the case. If for some reason you need a default of DIST1, you can still specify it manually after the first invocation, although this is not recommended. * To avoid problems with users without a fixed A disk, and to simplify the usage of LISTSEND for unexperienced users, a new DEFAULT LISTSEND file can be optionally placed on a common disk. This file should have the following format. 1st line: 1.1 2nd line: VIA userid AT node <more options> where userid@node is the default server. If this file is present, the initial invocation of LISTSEND is no longer necessary, and users will get the defaults from this file. The first line indicates the LISTSEND version number, and will be used if needed in future releases for migration purposes (as in the DIST1 vs DIST2 case). * LISTSEND EXEC is now packaged, along with LISTSEND INSTALL (a short installation note explaining the default mechanism) and DEFAULT LISTSEND (a sample defaults file, which you should customize before using. People who were AFDed to the EXEC will get a copy of LISTSEND EXEC only. You can get the remaining files from LISTSERV@DEARN or create only a DEFAULT LISTSEND as described above. I'd like to recommend you to drop your AFD to the EXEC and AFD to the whole package. This will simplify things if more files (eg a separate helpfile) are added in the future. * Some minor enhancements have been made to the output of LISTSEND. Please note that the availability of LISTSEND V1.1 makes obsolete the previous version of LISTSEND, which I will no longer support, fix or distribute. Following the new policy for volunteer software, LISTSEND is NOT available to EARN users, but only to BITNET and NetNorth. I've moved the EARN AFDs to LISTSEND EXEC to a separate file, which I may restore later if the EARN situation betters. Jose Maria