We'll give it a try. I assume (we'll find out soon enough!) that the import syntax will also accept people with single names. Thanks for the help. Roger Suppona Sandia National Laboratories [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Pepper [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 1:17 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Getting around the full name requirement > > > At 2:48 PM -0400 06/09/98, Roger Suppona wrote: > >We're hitting a snag in our effort to migrate from majordomo > to listserv. > >Many of the majordomo subscribers don't have full names, > just usernames and > >addresses. So, when we try and do something like QUIET ADD MYLIST > >[log in to unmask], we get back this error message: > > >We don't know foo's full name and would rather not be forced > to dummy up > >something. We're in the process of rooting through the > documentation but > >can't find any obvious reference to a switch that will relax > the full name > >requirement. I'm assuming this is a server, not a list > issue since all > >lists are required to submit adds with a full name. Anyway > around this > >requirement? > > I think it's just * as the full name. I use this > syntax for batch > adds, and believe it works both with and without full names. > Do a Find in > the List Owner's manual for IMPORT and you'll find the details. > > ADD mylist DD=X IMPORT > //X DD * > [log in to unmask] Chris Pepper > [log in to unmask] > /* > > > Chris Pepper > > -- > Chris Pepper | National Audubon Society: Web & List Manager > 212 979 3092 | <http://www.audubon.org/staff/pepper/> >