> I set up a list and want subscriptions by owner. I also want new members to > receive a customized welcome message as well as the standard welcome message > when I add them to the list. This is not working. If I set the subscription > to open, new subscribers do get two notes upon subscribing. Also, I have a > filelist called WELCOME and that's where I put all the customized welcome > messages. I have it set so that all can get ITS-L WELCOME and the owner can > put the file. > > Is this so because I forward back a note to LISTSERV and it does an ADD list > name userid firstname lastname? > > GFIERO@SED (518)486-1912 > I would like to hear more about how to generate an automatic customized note sent upon signon and signoff. I know of two lists that do this, but the owners are too busy to share the secret with me. :-) Is this in the lstown-l archives? What would this be called? Carl Reimann heproc-l