On 01/26/2003 03:19:53 PM LISTSERV give-and-take forum wrote: >> I don't know why LISTSERV didn't make the connection between list name and >> alias but I suppose it has something to do with the way LMail re-writes >> the message. > >The list-ID feature was originally introduced when LISTSERV only ran on VM, and >its purpose was to provide support for list names longer than 8 characters. >Every list still had to have a name that was a valid CMS filename, but in >addition you could define a longer name, or one containing reserved characters. I guess I was thinking LISTSERV had a method of mapping the list name/alias to the filename so that either would be acceptable in incoming mail. IOW, if he got mail for ABC and didn't have a file called ABC LIST, he might look for a list-id of ABC. But I imagine that would be pretty resource intensive for sites with a lot of lists. lisa