Many thanks for the reply. Like yourselves, we also host alot of lists
(~3800) and I had written a Perl script to find list owners after a search
of the manual didn't show any commands that might have helped. However,
other people in my organisation would benefit from being able to find this
information out, so before sticking a web front end on the script and
telling them it'll take a couple of minutes to run, I thought I'd double
check I hadn't missed something in the manual :)

That is good news, Eric, for 1.8e. Is there a list of features like that,
that are going to be added to 1.8e (just out of interest) or am I jumping
the gun a bit?

Regards

--
Spencer Warhurst
JISCmail Service Manager


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Russell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 06 September 2001 15:10
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Finding Owners
>
>
> On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Warhurst, SI (Spencer)
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >In other words, is there a command that one can use to find
> out what lists,
> >if any, a person is owner of? (eg: the owner equivalent of
> "QUERY * for
> >[log in to unmask]").
>
> An individual may use the "lists owned" command to identify all lists
> which he/she owns, however, there is no "lists owned-by" (or
> equivalent)
> command which the site administrator can use to identify all
> lists owned
> by a particular individual.
>
> We host over 3,600 lists, so this is an issue for us. We have
> resorted to
> the use of a perl script as a substitute for the missing
> functionality in
> the LISTSERV product. Sample output is included below. I will post the
> script itself in a seperate message. It may not be pretty,
> but it works.
> You must be logged on to the server and have perl installed
> in order to
> run the script. All of the usual caveats and disclaimers apply: no
> warranties express or implied, use at your own risk, your mileage may
> vary, etcetera, and so forth, ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
>
> --- sample output ---
> > lists_owned_by [log in to unmask]
> Searching for lists owned by [log in to unmask]
> nd-lstown-l.list
> ...
> test-l.list
> --- end sample output ---
>
> --
> Paul Russell
> Senior System Administrator
> University of Notre Dame
>