On Wed, 19 May 1993 09:19:16 EDT Bill Gruber said:
>On Wed, 19 May 1993 08:27:38 -0500 Vincent DelGobbo said:
>>I have been trying to get a list of all available lists for several
>>days now without success.
>
>Well, as to why you've had no success: for the past couple of days our listserv
>keeps getting mail returned from unx.sas.com with the following messages:
>
>  554 <[log in to unmask]>... Message is too large; 262144 bytes max
>  554 <[log in to unmask]>... Service unavailable
>
>Keep in mind that a list of all lists is a rather large file.  You can narrow
>your search by specifying a keyword on the LIST GLOBAL command (for example
>LIST GLOBAL /SAS
>will list only those lists with SAS somewhere in the name or title line.
 
just my two cents : you can ftp the output of LIST GLOBAL from
 info.nic.surfnet.nl -- surfnet/net-management/earn/services/listserv.lists
it is updated once a day (usually at 3am central european time).
 
-ulrich-
 
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>Bill Gruber
>City University of New York Computer Center