LISTEARN List Processor, Release 1.0
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         LISTEARN 1.0  (c) EARN Association 1989,1990 is derived from:
         LISTSERV 1.5o (c) Eric Thomas 1986,1987,1988,1989
 
 
LISTEARN 1.0 Distribution Announcement
 
1. Availability
    This version of the code is available to all registered LISTEARN
    sites.   An automatic  distribution  shall be  shipped to  those
    sites that have  signed and sent back  the LISTEARN Registration
    form AND who  are using LISTSERV 1.5o.  This  will prevent sites
    who have signed  the LISTEARN agreement and  then signed another
    LISTSERV  agreement with  Eric Thomas  from getting  a shipment.
    Such sites need to get in  touch with TURGUT@TREARN if they wish
    to order LISTEARN 1.0
 
    However, please  note that this  is a  temporary fix and  in the
    subsequent  releases (1.1,  1.2,  etc)  all registered  LISTEARN
    sites -regardless of their current  server- may receive a server
    code update.
 
    The shipment date is expected to be the first week of March.
 
 
2.  Compatibility
 
    The compatibility requirements are same as LISTSERV 1.5o
 
3. Description of changes from LISTSERV 1.5o
 
   * Integral support for HEX,XXE,BTOA,VMARC and EBC file formats.
   * .BITNET suffix not required during a delete operation to
     enable easier removal of members.
   * Notebook file  no longer  closed for  each line  of the  mail
     header a for a performance gain.
   * Several new subject headings  allow better detection of mailer
     rejection messages and reduce the likeliness of a mailer and
     list loop.
   * Optional BSMTP DIST2 delivery lessens load on gateways and
     increases DIST2 processing considerably.
   * Automatic  database refresh  upon  receiving  error during  a
     search.
   * NODEINFO GLOBALV  group  purged after  processing an  updated
     BITEARN NODES to prevent discrepancies.
   * Server no longer interrupts the shipment of a $PACKAGE because
     of quota limitations.
   * New  user exit LSV$SUB to  prevent the users of certain node(s)
     (..that run a NEWS system, for example) to subscribe to certain
     local lists.
   * Server now provides a weekly report on the files that are sent
     during the week.
   * Hang-ups  during mail  distribution with certain  mail headers
     have been eliminated.
   * Users with very long  network addresses are now serviced using
     MAILER V2's continuation symbol.
   * The list of files to  be execloaded when the server starts has
     been extended  to include  four frequently-used sections  of the
     code for a performance gain.
 
4. Modules Added to the Code
 
    The  following modules  have  been added  to  LISTEARN for  this
    release:
 
    * LSVGSTAT - "Send collected statistics" routine
    * VMARC: Archive files manager of John S. Fisher <FISHER@RPIECS>
    * PDEBC,PDUUE,PDXXE,PDHEX and PDBTOA: File encoding utilities of
      Dr. Gustaf Neumann <NEUMANN@AWIWUW11>
 
5. Distribution Details
 
    The  server  will install  the  code  itself, unless  there  are
    problems experienced during the installation.
 
    Sites wishing to disable BSMTP distribution may do so by placing
    BSMTP  = 0  in  their  LOCAL SYSVARS  file.   It  is enabled  by
    default.
 
6. Distribution Contents
 
    In order  to avoid  confusion among  users and  to abide  by the
    agreement between EARN and  Eric Thomas, entire LISTSERV program
    library and documentation had to  be edited to differentiate the
    two types of server.  Thus,  this rather large shipment contains
    an edited version of all EXEC, MEMO and other files.
 
    The files that have been substantially modified are:
 
    BITEARN  SYSVARS  LISTSERV SYSVARS  SYSFF    FILE
    INFO     FILEID   TOOLS    FILEID   TOOLS    FILELIST
    INFO     FILELIST LISTINST MEMO     LISTKEYW MEMO
    LISTSURV MEMO     LISTHEAD EXEC     LSV$SUB  EXEC
    LSVBITGN EXEC     LSVDBASE EXEC     LSVDBLS  EXEC
    LSVDEL   EXEC     LSVDIST2 EXEC     LSVGET   EXEC
    LSVGSTAT EXEC     LSVINIT  EXEC     LSVPROF  EXEC
    LSVRDR   EXEC     LSVRECV  EXEC     LSVSENDF EXEC
    LSVSUBSC EXEC     LSVXMAIL EXEC     LSVMAIL  EXEC
    PDBTOA   MODULE   PDEBC    MODULE   PDHEX    MODULE
    PDXXE    MODULE   VMARC    MODULE   VMARC    SCRIPT
    VMARCX   SCRIPT   PDBTOA   ASSEMBLE PDEBC    ASSEMBLE
    PDHEX    ASSEMBLE PDXXE    ASSEMBLE PDUUE    ASSEMBLE
    PDUUE    MODULE