On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 14:05:42 -0600 Kevin Williams said:
>What is the limit for the length of a LISTSERV mailing list name?

As documented in 7.4 of the site manager's manual:

  Maximum length of the list name
  -------------------------------

  The length of the list name (that is, the name of the list file and thus
  the "official" name of the list) is restricted as follows:

  VM:     8 characters
  Non-VM: unlimited (starting with 1.8c; but see below)

  If you need a longer list name for a list running on a VM server, you
  should use the List-ID= keyword (see Appendix B).

  PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY that L-Soft recommends using names of 32
  characters or less whenever possible as they provide for correct
  alignment of the results returned by certain commands. Very long
  (program generated) list names are likely to conflict with mail system
  limits and L-Soft recommends other solutions to the problem of
  dynamically generated lists. As a rule, list names in excess of 70
  characters are likely to result in mail delivery problems.