On Wed, 1 May 2002, Ben Parker wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:20:33 -0400, Stan Horwitz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >then write the output back to the original file,
>
> Direct writing to LISTSERV *.LIST files is not supported by L-Soft and is
> STRONGLY discouraged.  Fatal corruption of the *.LIST file is certain in
> approx. 99.99999% of the time.

Only if Listserv is up and running. I should have stated this in my
suggestion, but Listserv must be shut down while this process runs.