On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Winship wrote:

>On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Francoise Becker wrote:
>> No longer true in LISTSERV 14.3, and I think even in later versions
>> of 1.8e.
>
>I'm sorry, but this numbering scheme is a tad confusing to somone
>used to 1.7f, 1.8d, 1.8e with the xxx level set.
>
>Could someone post a table of equivalency?  Or, when someone gives the
>version number the new way, also give it the old way?

I believe Nathan gave a very clear explanation of the new vs. old version
number system when Listserv 14.3 was announced on this list. You can find
that posting by querying this list's archives.