I'm in a hurry and have been deleteing messages in this chain of banter,
but wasn't the main point "you can't use the 'tell' command to manage a
listserv to/from Internet"?  It takes a new listserv/lmail and something
like the following MSGD from Belgium but:
                                              -Kary
 
record on
Ready; T=0.01/0.01 21:28:02
tell listserv show node searn /internet
Ready; T=0.04/0.05 21:28:08
* Information from the VERS9406 BITEARN NODES file:
*
* :node.SEARN :internet.SEARN.SUNET.SE
imsg [log in to unmask] thanks guy.
Ready; T=0.02/0.02 21:28:42
From SEARN.SUNET.SE(LISTSERV): * You're welcome!
record off