I attempted to send a command message to [log in to unmask] in the hope of determining some of the server settings, but the message was undeliverable because the hostname (testlistserv.hummingbird.com) could not be resolved. I do not know whether it makes any difference, but it appears to me that 'external-listserv' is simply an email alias, not the username associated with the account under which the lsv process runs. I do not understand why you think you need this alias. Why not simply send command messages to [log in to unmask] -- Paul Russell Senior Systems Administrator OIT Messaging Services Team University of Notre Dame On 10/4/2004 3:46 PM, Eric Luo wrote: > Hi Paul, thanks for your reply! > > Name of the mailing list: mis-tech > Mahcine name: testlistserv > > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: sub > content: subscribe mis-tech Eric Luo > > /etc/mail/aliases > *************** ******************** > MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster > decode: root > nobody: /dev/null > root: [log in to unmask] > > ####################### > # Local aliases below # > ####################### > external-listserv: listserv > listserv: "|/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin -t listserv" > owner-listserv: "|/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin -t owner-listserv" > > # -- Aliases for "Mis-Tech" mailing list > # ---------------------------------------------- > Mis-Tech: "|/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin /export/home/listserv/spool Mis-Tech" > owner-Mis-Tech: "|/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin /export/home/listserv/spool > owner-Mis-Tech" > Mis-Tech-request: "|/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin /export/home/listserv/spool > Mis-Tech-request" > Mis-Tech-search-request: "|/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin > /export/home/listserv/spool Mis-Tech-search-request" > Mis-Tech-server: "|/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin /export/home/listserv/spool > Mis-Tech-server" > Mis-Tech-signoff-request: "|/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin > /export/home/listserv/spool Mis-Tech-signoff-request" > Mis-Tech-subscribe-request: "|/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin > /export/home/listserv/spool Mis-Tech-subscribe-request" > Mis-Tech-unsubscribe-request: ""|/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin > /export/home/listserv/spool Mis-Tech-unsubscribe-request" > > go.user > ************* ********************************* > SMTP_HOSTNAME="testlistserv" > NODE="testlistserv.hummingbird.com" > LOCAL="*.hummingbird.com" > POSTMASTER="[log in to unmask]" > MYDOMAIN=$NODE > CREATEPW="xxx-xxx" > USERID="external-listserv" > MYORG="Hum Ltd." > WWW_ARCHIVE_CGI="/cgi-bin/wa" > WWW_ARCHIVE_DIR="/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/archives" > export WWW_ARCHIVE_CGI > export www_ARCHIVE_DIR >