At 09:47 AM 8/8/1997 -0400, you wrote: > >http://www.idot.aol.com/mld/production/mld-commands.html#L-Soft-LISTSERV Ah HA!! They named the box this is running on. It should NOT be IDOT but should be IDIOT, to refer to both the people running it and the users. >That page at AOL explains how to sign on to a LISTSERV(R) list, using LSTSRV-L >_as an example_. Every single LISTSERV(R) list in AOL's list directory >(http://ifrit.web.aol.com/mld/production/index.html) points to the above page. >How many subscribers does AOL have? If just a small percentage of the AOL >subscribers follow those directions without realizing that it is an _example_, >that's still a lot of people. If you skim on thru their lengthy examples, they do the same thing to the people running Majordomo and other list software.....and three of the five point to the list for listowners. The other two point to various subject lists, but definitely not what most aolers (gee, i always want to put an 'h' between the a and the o) want to receive. dan Dan Lester [log in to unmask] In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Erasmus, 1534