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On Mon, 20 Feb 1995 10:05:00 EST Bill Verity <[log in to unmask]> said:
>1. Seems like the MOVE command should be used, right? We establish the
> list on the new machine and then the old host issues the move
> command.
I would just do GET + PUT.
>2. What happens to notes sent to the old address? Since we are a
> backbone list serv site, will our listserv send the note on the the
> correct address? Does th e new site also have to be a bacbone site?
It depends what level of forwarding quality you want to provide. One way
is indeed to simply delete the old list. Subscription requests will be
forwarded, postings will not, existing subscribers will be informed by
the list owner. In most cases this is sufficient. When a list has been
mentioned in the press or equivalent, though, it might be preferable to
notify new users of the move, otherwise they might use the published
address for postings. In this case you'd keep the list and add "New-List=
xxx@yyy" (this requires 1.8b). Both commands and postings are forwarded
with a note about the new address.
Eric
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