> Even more odd is that the LISTSERV-generated daily-reports > have recently been addressed: > > To: To Distribution List <[log in to unmask]> > > Sending a 'REGISTER Melvin Klassen' corrected the problem, > but finding the cause of the problem wasn't as easy, but I did, of course. > > Apparently, some novice list-owner issued: > > QUIET ADD listname [log in to unmask] To Distribution List > > for each(!) subscriber on the list. > > LISTSERV's "registry" got updated, and the daily-messages > use that information when composing those messages. It's always seemed wrong to me that a list owner's choice of name in a subscription overrides what's in the registry, thus affecting future subscriptions to other lists. It seems to me that a name given in an ADD command should be entered in the registry only if there's no name already there. A name given in a SUBSCRIBE command should always be entered in the registry, because SUBSCRIBE commands are entered by the users themselves.