I would appreciate some help/advice with problems that we are experiencing
with our VM Listserv.
 
We are running version 1.7e - I know this is ghastly old, but we are
quickly moving away from VM and are restricted in our resources to
update VM systems. Some of our lists remain on VM (and must do so
a bit longer) for various reasons.
 
In migrating from VM, we are also migrating from Bitnet, so recently
our postmaster added a :newnode.slacvm.slac.stanford.edu tag for
SLACVM. It seems that since then things have begun to go haywire,
including:
           a) bounces of regular mailings from external sources that
              worked fine before;
           b) bounces of our Listserv<->Netnews gateway;
           c) Listserv error messages for X-DEL jobs;
           d) refusal by the Listserv server to accept mail or
              TELL commands from owner/maintainer VM accounts;
 
Any clues or advice on how to solve these problems will be greatly
appreciated. Installing a new version of Listserv is not an option
(unless that is the only solution) due to our restrictions on VM
support. Please no flames re: our migration philosophy or the
antiquated version we're running.
 
Thanks in advance for any help.
 
Bebo White
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)