If you were a LISTSERV postmaster all you'd have to do is issue an UNLOCK
command and GET and PUT the header, since you are a defacto owner of all
lists on the server.  Thus my suggestion that Matt contact the LISTSERV
postmaster (maintainer) at TAMU.

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:23:59 -0500 Tom Meunier said:
>Well, if I were the postmaster of the domain that the old owner belonged to,
>I'd recreate (as necessary) and log into his account and do what needed to
>be done.  If the account no longer exists, I'd recreate it for this one
>task.   Talk to [log in to unmask]
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 9:51 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: owner no longer exists, how do I unlock?
>
>
>I am trying to take ownership of a list where the current owner no longer
>has the same email address and the list is currently locked and I have no
>way to get a hold of the owner.  Is there any way to unlock the list and to
>transfer the list ownership to me, or am I out of luck?