On Wed, 5 Jun 1996 19:46:23 +0200 Eric Thomas said: >On Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:34:08 EST LISTSERV Administrator ><[log in to unmask]> said: > >>>This is because the contents of the template are just a few lines out >>>of a larger message that is being prepared by LISTSERV to contain the >>>reply to the user's command(s) >> >>Not true... with SUB_OWNER, that's the only message that's sent back to >>the user. > >Not true. With SUB_OWNER, this is the text of the reply to the SUBSCRIBE >command, which is inserted in the job reply after the '> sub blah blah' >line. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... that's all part of the same text... Hmmmmmm... okay. Makes more sense then... but... bummer. :-) >>I guess I don't understand why these were selected to be "linear"... > >It's actually very simple. When LISTSERV needs a character string to echo >to the user as the reply to his command, and people want it customized, >you automatically get a linear template. When originally LISTSERV sent a >whole, totally separate message, you get a regular template where you >have full control. Okay. I get it. Guess Jim will have to find another way to pretty it up for the cop list. :-)