FWIW - We, on PPML, find the Subject line useful for indicting the basis for messages to LISTSERV@ on answers to <Listname>-request messges to the questioners and the other owners. Ed At 07:17 PM 3/30/97 GMT, Ben Parker wrote: >On Sat, 29 Mar 1997 15:58:31 -0800, Hilander <[log in to unmask]> >wrote: > >>I have a listowner with an AOL address who is having problems issuing >>commands to listserv. > >The AOL mailer, like many others, will not allow blank subject: lines. It >forces you to put something there. LISTSERV ignores the Subject line in >command messages, although some other list management programs do look for >commands to be in the subject line. > >So, to keep AOL happy, something must be written on the Subject line, and >the easiest thing to write is only the first command word (PUT, SET, >QUERY, etc). LISTSERV will ignore this, so the full command line, must be >in the message text, with all necessary parameters, such as passwords, >etc. > >-- > ________________________________________________________________________ > Ben Parker ............ (Oak Park IL) .......... [log in to unmask] > >