Harold, we're running genuine Listserv. And your solution sounds
wonderful, except (always a gotcha):  userids on the old system and the
new are often not the same (e.g., in "real" life I was ACDNRP on one and
NRPARDEE on the other). In some cases, we would route mail to the wrong
address since Joe Smith had jsmith on one but Jane Smith on the other.
Any other ideas?
 
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> Date:    Tue, 6 Feb 1996 22:05:10 EST
> From:    Harold Pritchett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Contents of the signup file
>
> On Tue, 6 Feb 1996 17:42:28 -0500 Listserv Manager said:
> >We have many list subscribers with addresses at our old CMS machine,
> >SUVM. Currently, we have forwarding capability for mail sent to (some)
> >SUVM addresses, but that goes away in the near future. To avoid hassles
> >for our users and list owners, I want to replace the SUVM addresses in
> >the lists with the addresses in our forwarding file. My procedure is as
> >follows:
>
> If you add a ":NEWNODE" tag to the BITEARN NODES file for the node SUVM,
> all of the real LISTSERV servers will replace all instances of
> USERID@SUVM with [log in to unmask]
>
> As to subscriptions on LISTSERV clones, you're on your own...
>
> Contact the BITNET node administrator for SUVM about putting in the :NEWNODE
> tag.
>
> Harold