On 27 Sep 97 00:54:22 -0400, [log in to unmask] wrote: > >Dear Mr. Harrison: > > I am having almost the same problem. Apparently someone in the computer >center where our lists are hosted has implemented some sort of bottom >banners (without the desired text) on the two lists that I manage, after I >requested that VM file IDs be created allowing the storage of filename >mailtpl files. > > In reading Section 9.5 of the L-Soft List Owner's Manual (included >below for your reference), I found that before I can put (store) the >edited mail template file back on the server, the manual says, "the >LISTSERV maintainer will have to create a fileid for the file before you >can PUT it on the server. Contact the LISTSERV maintainer before trying to >store your template file." I saw this too and did exactly the same thing you did. > > Yet, as with your situation, the listname mailtpl files do not show up >in file lists. Thus I am not able to get, edit and "put" (store) the >listname mailtpl files back on the server. When I attempt to get the >listname mailtpl files, Listserv responds: "File 'LISTNAME MAILTPL' from >filelist LISTSERV is unknown to LISTSERV." This is exactly what I am getting also. > > What could be the problem, and how were the mystery bottom banners >created? Unless he wrote some special code for it, I can't explain it. Monday I am going to call him and ask him how or what he did, just out of curiosity. -- Bill Harrison [log in to unmask]