FOR JACK SHAFER

[DIECKER@xxxxxxxx]

 I tried to respond privately to your question about the listserver problem you
were having, but I'm having problems getting from my mainframe (which is
BITNET) through to Internet and on to you at CompuServe, so I'm replying to you
on-list.

Your question concerned a problem getting an "index xywrite" document from the
listserver. I got the same response you did. I think the problem is that there
is no index of documents yet. You might want to check with Nathan
Sivin, the list owner, but I seem to remember a message from him that said the
index would not be operational until May.

On the other hand, when I asked for "info xywrite" which is the new user's
document, it came through just fine.

Conclusion: you're not doing anything wrong. It is most likely that you're just
asking for something that doesn't exist yet. But check with Nathan
Sivin. It may be that there's a problem with the server, and I'm sure he would
want to know.

Regards,

Jimmy Diecker
Latin American Institute
University of New Mexico-Albuquerque diecker@xxxxxxxx