On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 10:43:36 -0500, "Thomas W. Kozma" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>If a list owner has created a custom welcome message, is there a way to
>prevent LISTSERV from sending the standard notification when a new
>subscriber joins the list? I see there is a .QQ command to cancel messages
>in the default.mailtpl template. Will this do it? If so, where must the .QQ
>be placed in the template file so the default welcome message is
>suppressed? I've never dealt with editing template files before and it is
>all somewhat confusing to me.

The 'generic' message is the template:

>>> $SIGNUP Standard message to new subscribers
.QQ


Note that your listname.MAILTPL template file should only have the few
templates in it that you have changed to be different from the
DEFAULT.MAILTPL.