Sounds to me like:
 
a:  someone has gated the LISTSERV disk to a gopher server (unlikely)
 
b:  someone has been posting the message logs in an area accessible by
    a gopher server for that specific purpose (much more likely)
 
I suppose it would be possible to put a LISTSERV archive disk on a
gopher, but what a pain that would be for the LISTSERV maintainer...and
as I think about it, I'm not even sure it would work, because gopher
maintains R/O links to the disk.  For instance, I can't link in R/W
mode to the disk where my gopher files are stored, but I <can> link
in R/O mode.  (And yet I can log on to the account and have R/W access.
I don't claim to understand this...:)
 
Not a computing professional, just a clerical employee with 8 lists (oy!),
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Nathan C. Brindle, Administrative Specialist, Student Activities Office
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Staff Advisor, Alpha Phi Omega Nat'l Service Fraternity, Tau Omicron Chapter
List Manager, STUACTS, APOSEC52, ACCESS-L, BRTHPRNT, EXCEL-L & STUDENT@INDYCMS
Disclaimer:  My opinions are my own.  Indiana University can speak for itself.
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