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Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:58:55 -0400
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At 00:50 07/28/2000 Friday, Rich Greenberg wrote:
>On Jul 28,  3:29am, Joop wrote:

>} Could you explain this ddname part to me about what it is and how
>} it gets created or how I could find out what name to use for the
>} bulk member add?
>
>"DD" is "Data Definition,  and is an artifact left over from the days
>when listserv lived and ran only on IBMish mainframes.

Any one who can quote from memory about the derivation of DDNAME is showing their age ;-)


/Pete

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