On Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:08:56 CDT Chris Barnes <[log in to unmask]> said: >Well, it seems the ampersand (&) is something that the mailtpl file >doesn't recognize (left overs from the old PROFS/SCRIPT days?). The & introduces a substitution. You get an & into the text, you have to type &&. >Perhaps in future versions of Listerv, we can just leave out the text >formatting altogether? Imho, it's not needed, and tends to be a bother. Why don't you make an experiment and edit DEFAULT MAILTPL to remove all the words starting with an ampersand, then run this way for a few days. Then let us know if you still think this isn't needed and is in fact just a bother. >Especially in light of the fact that many Listserv's won't be running on >VM at all.... What on earth does this have to do with VM??? Eric