Having two public LISTSERV lists with the same name but different hosts IS a problem for folks who don't know the host address and use either GLX or local LISTSERVs to determine the target host: they can no longer do so since there are "dups." E.g. If I interrogate (Q PROFRUM) my local LISTSERV for list PRFORUM, it gives me msgs: * There are several lists by the name of PRFORUM on the LISTSERV network. * Please select one from the following list and resend your request to the * appropriate server. * * PRFORUM@INDYCMS PR and Corp Comm / Academics and Professionals * PRFORUM@IDBSU PRFORUM - PUBLIC RADIO DISCUSSION GROUP If only one had been PUBLIC, then my LISTSERV would have routed my request to that host. This has happened to other lists, one of which I own. Fortunately, I spotted it in time, and a note to the new list owner was sufficient for him to rename his essentially local list. -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L [log in to unmask] "Spam-lite, is it Kosher?" s/me +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA