Hello,

I am managing a listserv site, that has many lists. One group that has
about 40 or so lists requires a change in ownership in each list. My first
thought was to edit each blah.list file doing a search and replace and
making sure that the new owner and editer's address is padded with spaces
so that the replacement is exactly the same size as what is replaced.
(This is of course after a full backup tar of the effected lists is taken.
:)

The question is this: How bad is this?

Is there a better way to do it? This seems to happen to me about every 3-4
months that I have to change the ownership or over several dozen lists.
The first time I attempted to send the request via the mail and then edit
the mails and send them back, but there must be a better way of making
repetative changes like this.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Eric Oosting

P.S. Please copy me directly, as I have signed on to the
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Also, is this the list I sould be sending question like this to? Or is
there something else. Again, your advice is welcome.

Eric Oosting    ([log in to unmask])    Open Systems Group
             University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl.
                 Northeast Regional Data Center