On 8/28/97 12:15 PM, Pauline M. Marshall <[log in to unmask]> wrote... >On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Adam Bailey wrote: > >> >They even get confirmation back, saying that Listserv will now refer to >> >them as their name insead of (No Name Available). But, when you do a >> >review, they still show up as: (No Name Available). >> >> If you want them to change their names, they need to issue new subscribe >> commands from the exact address they are subscribed with. If LISTSERV >> sees that the address it's receiving mail from is already subscribed but >> the name is different, it will update the name field. > >Okay, pardon my stupidity here, but if you have to change the name with >the subscribe command.....what good is the register command? Register is not the most exciting command LISTSERV has to offer, but it has its uses. I use Register in two cases. First, if I'm going to be subscribing to a number of lists at once server, my first command is to Register. Then I just do Subscribe commands, and I can leave out my name. It makes for a little less typing. ie: REGister Adam Bailey SUBscribe List-1 SUBscribe List-2 SUBscribe List-3 Second, if I'm a list owner with a particular email address (usually the Errors-To address) but I don't want to be subscribed, I Register that account so that the server knows my name when I issue my Delete commands. "You have been removed from Blah-L by Adam Bailey <[log in to unmask]" is a lot more informative than "You have been removed from Blah-L by [log in to unmask]" -- Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| "Do not take life too seriously; [log in to unmask] | you will never get out of it alive." [log in to unmask] | - Elbert Hubbard Finger for PGP | http://www.tezcat.com/~adamb