Although some of us ignored convention and named our lists without the -L, i.e. HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, SPANBORD. On Mar 3, 2008 7:32 AM, Bill Schipper <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The -L stands for LIST, and goes back to the days of BITNET (those > heady days when > main frame computeres had 360 KB of computing power, and a hard disk > was 10 MB and cost > $10,000. > > One of the rules for BITNET was that user names (i.e. list names) > could not be longer than > 8 characters. To distinguish LISTSERV list names from individuals, > the convention > included adding the letter -L as a suffix to the list name. > > Bill Schipper > > > >---- Original message ---- > > >Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:56:05 -0500 > > >From: John Cunniff <[log in to unmask]> > > >Subject: "-L" prefix > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > >Hello, Everybody! > > > > > >I am just being just dumb to ask: What does "-L" prefix means, why does > > >this has to be added, for example: > > > > > >LIST-L > > >MYLIST-L > > >FOOD-L > > > > > >That made me curious why is this? On yahoogroups that I > > >manage/participates on do not use "-L" prefixes like that. > > > > > > >Actually, "-L" is not a prefix, it is a suffix because it comes at > >the end of the list name. > > > >-- > >Tom Kozma > >Computing & Information Technology > >Wayne State University, Detroit MI > > -- Anita Cohen-Williams Organic SEO and Ghost Blogger http://www.mysearchguru.com