On Sun, 8 Aug 1999 23:06:20 -0700, Liz Marr <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I've tried something simular to: > >Message from &USERNAME (&WHOM), > >in a banner and it doesn't work. This does not work. The reason is that at the point in LISTSERV's message processing where the TOP_BANNER and/or BOTTOM_BANNER are evaluated and possibly added to the message, the &USERNAME (&WHOM) are not yet known. They are evaluated later in the process. Since these variables are undefined at the time, they cannot be used for this kind of substitution.