On Fri, 11 Feb 1994 08:46:21 -0800 Rob Tanner said: > >Actually, listserv is available for UNIX and has been for some time. Having had to deal with several of those recently as a mail admin, and having to get rid of inactive account subscriptions, let me correct you. LISTSERV is *NOT* available for Unix, and the wannabes just don't cut it. >The UNIX version has a few features/commands not found in the mainframe >version, howver, in general it is not as full featured as it lacks the >more sophisticated database search facilities. It is, I believe, >freeware, is written by Anastasios Kotsikonas, and is called >ListProcessor. For the less sophisticated subscribers (which I >presume -- perhaps incorrectly -- is the typical subscriber) the UNIX >version is command for command identical to its big sister. Hardly identical. I still have to go through hoops to deal with it. > >There are also a whole collection of other UNIX based mailing list >server programs that are used for mailing lists housed on UNIX >machines. The one I'm most aware of is Majordomo which is written >entirely in PERL. and is one of the ones I've had problems with in the last week. > >-- Rob Tanner /ahw