You can leave the Subject blank if your reader will let you, and yes, you
can put multiple commands in the body.  Some can even be stacked, if they
start with the same command.  For instance:

   SET PICLIST command1
   SET PICLIST command2
   SET PICLIST command3

...can be combined into:

   SET PICLIST command1 command2 command3


This is pretty standard LISTSERV stuff.


CIAO - Martin R. Green
elimar@bigfoot.com

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From:   Paul B. Webster[SMTP:paulb@midcoast.com.au]
Sent:   Friday, August 15, 1997 8:23 AM
To:     PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu
Subject:        Re: I want off list!!

Shane Nelson wrote:

> Perhaps we just need more specific instructions in the "Welcome to the
> piclist" message, on how to get off it.  And make it stand out more.
> The important lines seem buried rather deeply in the message.

  Indeed it could be a LOT better.  For a start, it does NOT even
explain whether commands are to be in the Subject line or in the message
body.  This is, curiously enough, important!  If in the body, then what
IS supposed to be in the Subject line as Netscape for one demands a
subject line in order to send?  If commands are to go in the body, then
can one send more than one command in a message?  To get around this, I
have in the past simply put the command in BOTH!

  I find this all rather counter-intuitive as I would expect the command
to go in the Subject line.  That said, the welcome message should
contain a tabular list of ALL commands and options.  It is obviously
written for (or by) a guru who knows it all already.  It should give a
direct link to the FAQ or MAN of the listserver IMHO.

  Cheers,
        Paul B.         VK2BZC