If you were a LISTSERV postmaster all you'd have to do is issue an UNLOCK command and GET and PUT the header, since you are a defacto owner of all lists on the server. Thus my suggestion that Matt contact the LISTSERV postmaster (maintainer) at TAMU. On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:23:59 -0500 Tom Meunier said: >Well, if I were the postmaster of the domain that the old owner belonged to, >I'd recreate (as necessary) and log into his account and do what needed to >be done. If the account no longer exists, I'd recreate it for this one >task. Talk to [log in to unmask] > >-----Original Message----- >From: Matt [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 9:51 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: owner no longer exists, how do I unlock? > > >I am trying to take ownership of a list where the current owner no longer >has the same email address and the list is currently locked and I have no >way to get a hold of the owner. Is there any way to unlock the list and to >transfer the list ownership to me, or am I out of luck?