On Mon, 14 Aug 95 15:54:23 EDT, I wrote: > I have seen a list header (LISTSERV version 1.8a on VM is being used) that > contains the following two lines: > * Owner= UserA@NodeA (UserA's Real Name) > * Owner= Quiet:,UserB@NodeA (UserB's Real Name) > > I would like to understand exactly what the "Quiet:" does. > > 1. Does it exclude UserB from receiving mail to Listname-Request? > 2. Does it exclude UserB from receiving mail directed with a ".re owner", > ".cc owner", or ".to owner" command in a MAILTPL file? > 3. Does it exclude UserB from being included in the expansion of the > &OWNER parameter in a MAILTPL file? > 4. Is there any reason that "Quiet:" couldn't be applied to the first > owner? and on Mon, 14 Aug 95 18:43:50 EDT, Nathan Brindle <[log in to unmask]> kindly replied: > The Quiet: list owner has list owner privileges but does not receive any > error messages, listname-request mail, or suchlike. Quiet means quiet. > > The first list owner must be non-quiet. That's a given--someone has to > be responsible for the list. And if no one is specified, it's the > LISTSERV maintainer, who will probably be somewhat hacked off at you > since he has enough to do already...:) I assume that means that the answers to my questions 1, 2, and 3 are each "yes" (except that perhaps ".cc owner" and ".to owner" are not valid commands). With respect to the issue of the first owner having the "Quiet:" specification: if there is some owner who doesn't have the "Quiet:" specification, why couldn't the first owner have it? I want to verify that the syntax "Owner= Quiet:,UserB@NodeA" is correct. In particular, I am confused by the comma. I understood that the comma separates owners, not that it was used between a modifier and the owner being modified. Lastly, is the "Quiet:" specification in the list header described in any manual or memo? /David M. Rosenberg [log in to unmask] 1-617-253-8054