Can I edit these using vi before I move them from UNIX to NT? I have some lists that are going somewhere else and will need to have the pathway for Notebook changed. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:26 AM Subject: Re: Where does the Header actually live? > On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 10:20:11 EST, "Margaret J. Brandt" <[log in to unmask]> said: > > > I keep being asked by folks where the headers are stored in Unix and > > NT server versions of LISTSERV 1.8d. I've always understood that > > the header was not stored in one place. Am I wrong? > > If you mean the actual list definitions, those (at least on Unix) live > in ~listserv/home/your-list.list (where ~listserv is the Listserv userid's > home directory, and your-list is the listname. > > If you mean the e-mail headers for an outbound message, this gets a BIT > more interesting. Sendmail usually stores a message in 2 parts, usually > referred to as a 'df' and 'qf' file. The 'df' file contains the message > body, while the 'qf' file has all the RFC822 headers, plus the RFC821 SMTP > recipient list and other control information (such as the message priority, > the time the message was enqueued, and so on). > > If I've not answered the question, please feel free to re-ask with more > details... > > -- > Valdis Kletnieks > Operating Systems Analyst > Virginia Tech >