Having two public LISTSERV lists with the same name but different hosts
IS a problem for folks who don't know the host address and use either
GLX or local LISTSERVs to determine the target host: they can no longer
do so since there are "dups." E.g. If I interrogate (Q PROFRUM) my local
LISTSERV for list PRFORUM, it gives me msgs:
 
 * There are several lists by the  name of PRFORUM on the LISTSERV network.
 * Please select one from the following list and resend your request to the
 * appropriate server.
 *
 * PRFORUM@INDYCMS      PR and Corp Comm / Academics and Professionals
 * PRFORUM@IDBSU        PRFORUM  - PUBLIC RADIO DISCUSSION GROUP
 
If only one had been PUBLIC, then my LISTSERV would have routed my
request to that host.
 
This has happened to other lists, one of which I own.  Fortunately,
I spotted it in time, and a note to the new list owner was sufficient
for him to rename his essentially local list.
 
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