On Wed, 1 May 1996 23:48:22 +0200 Nicolas Graner <[log in to unmask]> said: >Point well taken. However, even for my English speaking list, the choice >of customizable messages seems rather restricted and arbitrary. I'm >curious to know how the selection was made and if it's likely to be >extended in the future. The MAILTPL/MAILFORM files started as a repository of what used to be called "administrative messages", ie messages that are sent by LISTSERV under a separate envelope. The selection was simple: ALL administrative messages were in that file, and NO other message was included. Then people started asking for the inclusion of a few "linear messages" in the file. This actually required a change in the mail template processor, but it was indeed the most logical place to add customization for these shorter, inline messages. This doesn't mean that we went over all 110,000 lines of code and checked every single message to decide if it should be moved to a template or not. Again, while this is the logical place to customize messages related to a list, this is not a good way to customize large numbers of small messages, especially not messages that are likely to change in a future version. Currently the MAILTPL files are not version dependent (or at least you can take a file from a newer version and it will work just fine, so we can distribute one copy of this file for all supported versions). So, I can see having 5-10 short messages listed in the MAILTPL file, but not 50-100. >If one more message could be customized, I'd vote for the subscription >confirmation request for Open;Confirm lists. It determines the first >impression new subscribers get from the list, and as an ambassador it >should reflect the owner's desires. It's called CONFIRM1, but was added after the initial release of 1.8b. Your server may or may not support it. Eric