On 10 Nov 98, at 23:06, Bret Diamond wrote: > The message I get when someone wants to join our list (it's moderated, > they need owner permission) indicates that the message has been > "specially formatted" to allow me to simply add the password, and then > forward the message to the listserv to "auto-add" the party. I'm just > getting the list started, but so far I've not been able to simply > forward the post--when I do nothing happens. I'm using Communicator > 4.5 When you forward it, is Communicator quoting the original message with ">"? If so then it won't work -- the message must be forwarded to LISTSERV exactly as LISTSERV sent it to you. LISTSERV will skip over any lines that start with ">". Francoise