On Thu, 30 Nov 89 20:17:05 EST Richard Hargan said: >I was customizing one of the MAILFORM messages for a new list on our Listserv >when I ran into a small problem: how do you insert a narrow block of text >into a MAILFORM message? > >For example, I would like to put a mailing address in the text: > > John Barth > 1234 Chimera Hall > U. of Maryland > >The problem is, of course, that when this is parsed, the exec tries to string >it all together into one line. Is there a way around this (other than >inserting blank lines between each line of text), or am I talking bells and >whistles? > >Thanks, >Rich I just had the same problem and Eric provided the answer : put a .fo off on a line before the address like this : .fo off 1st line 2nd line etc etc .fo off needed to start in column 1 Craig Holbert