I wanted your take on the direct editing because it is extremely risky.
Will keep the GET listname method in mind but.....the CHANGE * command
appears to be the perfect solution to my problem. Tested it yesterday and
it worked fine. Thanks for the help.





Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]>@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM> on 01/21/2000 02:48:45
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Subject:  Re: Globally replace existing addresses

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:51:03 -0600, Donald Good <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> But you might consider sending GET listname to the
>command address thru email to get the list header and subscribers.  Then
you
>can use a PLAIN TEXT editor to search and replace

Just to be perfectly clear, L-Soft's position is we do not support or
recommend
ANY direct editing either the *.list file or even the editing of this
suggested
method on the file you GET/PUT.  It is extremely easy to corrupt and
destroy
your list(s).

The supported command  CHANGE * old_address new_address  has the side
benefit of
making the change for all lists that address is subscribed to, which could
save
you considerable work.