On Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:46:47 GMT TIMO HARMO <[log in to unmask]> said: >I have a list that is linked to a rather fuzzy conferencing system >("portacom") and I am having some problems with it. Commiserations. I didn't know we actually *exported* that thing. >Listserv send the messages it has received to the conference in >portacom, which sends the message back to the list. That is the problem. Portacom cannot act as a LISTSERV peer, period. It is foolish to even try. The solution is to get rid of portacom :-) >The listserv-documents that I have do not say anything about "LOOPCHECK" >-header. That is the keyword you would use to tell LISTSERV to accept the message and start a nice mailing loop instead of sending an error message to the poster. I don't think you want to try ;-) A better solution is to get rid of portacom. >P.S To be able to put in effect the good advice I hope to get from this >list, I need one more advice: can I somehow add new owners or update the >list header via mail? Yes, 'GET listname (HEADER'. >The conferencing system locked up when it received it's welcome-message >from listserv, apparently (so says the sys adm) because in the TO-line >there vere several different variations of my e-mail address, Solution: get rid of portacom :-) You should ask your system admin to register the machine's Internet node in the BITEARN NODES file, though, so that LISTSERV can recognize your Internet address as equivalent to your BITNET address. Eric