> (...) -- but I was trying
>to avoid getting all my students at a UK university to send to the
>UK listserv backbone at Rutherford. I assume the Rutherford isn't
>the only UK listserv, but can't figure out how to find out a 'closer'
>one. Of course, maybe there isn't.......
 
You can issue the following LISTSERV cmd
 
   show node ukacrl /link*
 
This will return information about UKACRL's adjacent BITNET nodes.  To
determine if those nodes contain a LISTSERV, you can follow either path:
 
1) e-mail/TELL LISTSERV AT bitnodeN the command THANKS
 
2) e-mail LISTSERV@UKACRL the following JOB:
 
/* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */
//ListSrch JOB Echo=no
Database Search DD=Rules f=mail
//Rules DD *
s * in peers where country ( -
BITNODE1 or -
BITNODE2 or -
BITNODEn)
index
/*
//  EOJ
/* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */
 
BTW, if you compose a REXXette for 1) to do TELLs to ALL nodes,
note which ones (if any) respond first.  This is a form of
"closeness."
 
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