> > >OK, I admit that the bracketed personal name no longer occurs, and the > >order is now always "personal name" followed by "email address" in > >pointed brackets. But then why do some have the personal name in double > >quotes, and others do not? > > The e-mail standards REQUIRE that personal names containing some > "special" characters (including, alas, the period) be enclosed in double > quoted. LISTSERV will strip quotes if they are superfluous, and add them > if required. > Eric: Ah hah. Learned something new again. Thanks. I didn't know that. Guess I get to write the script after all! :-) Have a nice holiday weekend. Bill -- Dr. W. Schipper Email: [log in to unmask] Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4528 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7