As long as the list is set up and the archived logs are moved, the process should be fine. The biggest issue is educating the list's subscribers about its new email address and web URL.

On Oct 13, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Russ Hunt wrote:

> I own two lists at a neighbouring university, running listserv 
> 16.0, and I want to move them to other universities, also 
> running listserv 16.0.
> 
> I know that the transfer will have to be done by system folks, 
> not by me as listowner, but I'm wondering if anyone else has 
> done this and if I can expect the transfer to be seamless. 
> (Essentially, is it just a matter of moving the files?)
> 
> The most important part of the process is that the archive of 
> the list remain intact and searchable via the listserv 
> interface.  Are there cautions anyone could offer, or likely 
> snags you know about? 
> 
> -- Russ
> 
> Russ Hunt
> Department of English
> St. Thomas University
> http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/