This is from V18A RELNOTES. Hope it helps. Note that there is a
LISTSERV configuration that your LISTSERV maintainer will have to
do.
Description of the changes for release 1.8a of LISTSERV
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Copyright L-Soft international, 1993
December 7th, 1993
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* Usability: New "List-Address=" list header keyword *
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Version 1.8a adds a new "List-Address=" list header keyword, and a
corresponding LIST_ADDRESS configuration option (to be added to LOCAL
SYSVARS) to establish a system default. This keyword determines how
LISTSERV announces the list address in the header of messages delivered
to the list: NJE vs Internet address, short vs long list name, etc. The
default options (when neither "List-Address=" nor LIST_ADDRESS are
defined) corresponds to the behaviour of version 1.7f, ie short list name
and NJE address.
The format of both keyword and configuration statement is simply:
name_info@host_info
The first token (name_info) can be either LISTNAME or LIST-ID. Do not
attempt to specify the actual list name. Use LISTNAME if you want
LISTSERV to use the "short" list name (always available), and LIST-ID if
you would rather see the "long" list name ("List-ID=" keyword). If there
is no "long" name, the short name is substituted.
The second token (host_info) can be either NJE, FQDN, or the fully
qualified domain name of your choice. That is, you may type the actual
hostname that you want LISTSERV to use, which may be useful if the
machine on which LISTSERV is running is known under several hostnames.
If you only want to override one of the two parts of the list address,
you do not need to specify the other. For instance, if you only want to
change the hostname, you can enter "List-Address= XYZ.EDU" in the list
header and let the left-hand part default from the value of the system
default in LOCAL SYSVARS. Similarly, "List-Address= List-ID" takes the
right-hand part from the system default. To avoid bad surprises, LISTSERV
will also accept a comma in lieu of @-sign in the list header, or a blank
in LOCAL SYSVARS. Here are a few examples:
- "List-Address= FQDN" announces the list under the Internet address for
the LISTSERV host, if one is available (for BITNET-only sites this
setting has no effect).
- "List-Address= List-ID@FQDN" uses the long list name and the Internet
hostname.
- "List-Address= [log in to unmask]" uses the short list name and the
hostname XYZ.EDU.
- "List-Address= [log in to unmask]" is not valid. Always specify LISTNAME or
LIST-ID for the left-hand part.
To announce all lists under the Internet hostname by default, add the
following statement to LOCAL SYSVARS:
LIST_ADDRESS = 'FQDN'
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