After upgrade to 1.8d, a call to RXLSVTEL fails at startup and LISTSERV abends, like this:


23 Jul 1999 14:07:06 LISTSERV(R)-TCP/IP version 1.8d starting...       

23 Jul 1999 14:07:06  Copyright L-Soft international 1986-1999         

23 Jul 1999 14:07:06 PASCAL code loaded at C97000 - size 1199k         

DMSITP143T Addressing exception occurred at 80CBA328 in system routine 

RXLSVTEL;                                                              

 re-IPL CMS                                                            

DMSABE2047I AUTODUMP dump started; please wait                         

DMSABE1297I Dump has been taken                                        

HCPGIR450W CP entered; disabled wait PSW 000A0000 80E77568


This can be fixed by setting the startmsg variable in LOCAL SYSVARS to the null string, ie,


startmsg = ''