On Sun, 14 Sep 1997 06:19:07 -0700, Peter Rauch <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Isn't it the _last_ occurrence of a repeated keyword the one >that takes effect? E.g., if you have >Send= private >Send= Editor > >isn't it Send= Editor that takes effect? In the first place you should not have multiple keywords with mutually exclusive entries such as the 2 Send= above. Based on experiment, LISTSERV seems to use the first instance and ignore later ones, although this is not documented. You can have multiple instances of non-mututally exclusive keywords and LISTSERV makes them additive, in order. e.g.: * Editor= user@address * Editor= user2@whose_address_is_a_very_long_address2 * Editor= user3@address3 is the same as * Editor= user@address, user2@whose_address_is_a_very_long_address2, user3@address3 except LISTSERV will not recognize 'folded' lines like the above. (Infact the user3@address3 will be interpreted as an attempt to add a list address 'on-the-fly' which will erase your entire list! NOT a good thing to have happen!) > because it was written as Send=Editor (no space), a space is helpful to humans reading the header but LISTSERV doesn't need it. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Ben Parker .....(Oak Park IL -> Denver CO) ..... [log in to unmask]