On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:47:23 +0000, Peter K Robinson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Hope this makes sense.  Perhaps I'm asking the impossible, but if not I'd like to hear of any similar schemes.

LISTSERV can connect to an existing DBMS such as Oracle, SQL Server, etc. and
use a database table as a datastore for subscriber lists.  See the LISTSERV
Developers Guide Manual, Chap 4 for more information:

  http://www.lsoft.com/Manuals/1.8d/Developer/developer.html#4