We are about to start beta-testing  support for mysql and unixODBC in the
unix version of LISTSERV. Theoretically,  any database for which there is
a  unixODBC driver  could  be supported,  but initially  our  goal is  to
provide full support  for mysql only (this can then  be extended to other
databases in future versions, after  successful testing). This is similar
to our policy for ODBC on Windows, where you can theoretically use a text
file or Excel  4.0 spreadsheet as a  database, but that does  not mean we
necessarily support these, erm, databases.

So far, our  internal tests have gone very smoothly,  better than when we
added support  for mysql via ODBC  on Windows. The main  difficulty is to
install  and  configure the  mysql  driver  for  unixODBC. We  found  the
instructions to  be lacking,  so we will  be writing our  own. It  is not
difficult once you  get past the point where unixODBC  refers you to your
driver   documentation  while   myODBC  refers   you  to   your  provider
documentation  :-)  Many  Linux  distributions seem  to  be  coming  with
unixODBC pre-installed,  and perhaps  in the future  myODBC will  also be
pre-installed.

Anyway,  we are  looking for  customers  interested in  testing this  new
functionality. You must  be running 14.4 under Linux. Please  apply to me
privately or through the list if you prefer.

  Eric

PS: All the functionality in the DomainKeys beta will be included in this
    new beta.