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"Peter M. Weiss +1 814 863 1843" <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 23 Aug 1995 13:22:00 EDT
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>That's how I'd do it.  Just do a GET and block copy the userids and
>"real names", then construct a DISTRIBUTE job and send it to LISTSERV.
>I did that a couple of times when we had our infamous 10 days of down
>time due to the ISP's inability to configure a stupid router...:)
 
Having done this myself, I think it important to include some
prose in the message that this distribution is being sent to
all subscribers of 'listname,' and not a person-to-person
e-mail (some folks get confused, and rightly so).
 
/Pete
 
PS - the syntax shown (userid@node before the fn/ft) in the
     GIVE command does not appear to "work" in the VM/CMS
     environment

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