On Fri, 23 May 1997, Nathan Brindle wrote: > You can always make the aliases by using the Makefile stage: > > 'make list name=listname' "make list listname" is useful for new requests that are sporatic, but not for migrating hundreds of lists. I ended up using a script that created the aliases from the output of the LIST command sent to Listserv on VM and appended all of these to /etc/aliases. Quick and fast. I just didn't count on people misunderstanding and sendng to the new listserv server before lists were moved. So, I will delete them and append each alias before I ftp each list file. Roger is sending me some scripts that they used. Thank you. And thanks to LISTMAN, I've reduced my expectations considerably. ;-) If anyone is doing this in the future for a large number of lists, we have: 1. Program that will generate all of the aliases for /etc/aliases based on a file with listnames (from List command). 2. Program that will create all of the individual directories based on the same file of listnames. 3. Rexx exec on VM that will ftp all of the notebooks/archives on VM to their respective directories on unix. 4. First notice to all List Owners about the migration (this is probably the most time consuming to write and was inserted into a distribute job). This file includes: Table of Contents; Notice of Migration (What you need to know, What you need to do), FAQ by Subscribers when a list moves, Summary. Obviously, it requires editing for your site. If anyone thinks the above would help them I will put them on http://post.queensu.ca/~listserv (1-2 are in perl and 3 in rexx written by my cohort, Andy Hooper). Thanks again for your time and thoughts. --Trish ----------- Trish Forrest ITS - Queen's University (613) 545-2014