On 12/9/2008 10:42 AM, Kevin Parris wrote:
> Well in that case your scripting method is the only choice.  Again I believe
 > you could do at least a thousand per OK BEGIN/END batch without keeping the
 > server busy too long, even during daytime business hours.

The fact that the OP is planning to script the process and submit the CHANGE
commands in batches leads me to believe that there will be more than a few
batches.  Use of 'OK BEGIN/END' will cause LISTSERV to send a command
confirmation request for every batch.  There is an alternative.  I would suggest
using the LISTSERV Commands-Job feature and submitting each batch of commands as
a job.  The sender address must be a LISTSERV administrator address.  The 'pw='
operand can be used to specify the administrator's LISTSERV password on the JOB
statement.  See the LISTSERV Advanced Topics Manual for detailed information
about this feature.

Reference: LISTSERV 15.5 Advanced Topics Manual
<http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/15.5/LISTSERV15.5_AdvancedTopicsManual.pdf>

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Paul Russell, Senior Systems Administrator
OIT Messaging Services Team
University of Notre Dame
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