Tom:
 
Many of your basic questions can be answered by the file --
 
     LISTSERV TIPS
 
It is available by issuing a GET to listserv@bitnic and was authored
by Lisa Covi, when she worked for CREN.  That edition is 1568 lines
long and was stored on 12/9/91.
 
Also, have you considered contacting your ListEARN maintainers --
 
> release
LISTEARN, version 1.3 (FIX00012) , managed by:
 Ulrich Giese <[log in to unmask]>
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/Pete ([log in to unmask])
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