> Perhaps if these files had to be manipulated by the site administrator I > would agree. But as a matter of fact these are all files that the site > administrator MUST NOT TOUCH unless specifically directed to by L-Soft > support. Every week we get a support call from someone who decided to > edit one of these files for reasons of his own, and now when he does > REVIEW things look weird, and will you guess that the backup can't be > restored because (...) and this has been fixed but the bottom line is > that the file cannot be restored? The current organization is optimal for > LISTSERV and I don't see any reason to make it easier for the site > administrator to manipulate files that he shouldn't mess with in the > first place. Incidentally, if there were one directory per list you would > still have 370+ entries in your main directory and would be complaining > that they are not organized more hierarchically. > > Eric There are some cases when the LISTSERV administrator must deal with these files. One is when migrating to a different platform. Another is when deleting a list.