On 13 Jul 2001, at 22:07, janet paterson wrote: > > camiila > > off - sorry > it is sstill a myestery to me as to how these thinngs go to the posters > and ntoto the list > > also, nno one need get upset - why assume they will? > > the frontier is a learnig experience for us all > > janet > Hi jp, Autoresponders are software programs that can reply to different sources - you can have them reply to either the from, return-path or reply-to headers of incoming email or to the 1st or 2nd email ID in the body of the email. Depending on the configuration, an incoming e-mail will trigger an automatic "answer" to the "individual" that posted the message, even though a LISTSERV acts as an intermediary.... Type PromaSoft in Google... (I b'lieve they have a freeware autoresponder you can download 'n play with...) All the best ....... murray [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn