Hello folks;
 
I am involved  in testing VM/ESA here. We  plan to put it on  production in 2
weeks on this system as a replacement for VM/XA.
 
We are currently  running Revised Listserv 1.7f. I have  not made any changes
to it except for  customizing the local sysvars file. I have  also put in the
paperwork to activate a CREN license for the latest  L-Soft products, but its
still winding its way through the beaurocracy here.
 
In any event, I want to test Listserv 1.7f on our test system, which is known
on BITnet  as VMERSCS in  parallel with our  production Listserv which  is on
TEMPLEVM.  We have Lmail on both systems.
 
I want to create  a few test lists and do other testing  and I will certainly
not use any  lists which we run  on our production system. What  I would like
to know is  the best way to  set up this test Listserver.  Any pointers would
very  much be  appreciated. I  could  just transfer  all the  files from  our
production system  to our test  system, but without  the lists' files,  but I
suspect there's more to it than that  so that other Listservers know our test
system is  alive. This  test will  probably go on  for about  a week  or two.
 
 
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