On Mon, 22 Nov 1993 11:38:49 EST Mignon Erixon-Stanford said: >My normal modus operandi is to manually xedit the lasting globalv and delete >the ldbase entries whenever I want to go to another node. This did not present >a problem until a couple of weeks ago, when suddenly the LSVPUT passwords for >the various lists started disappearing from the bottom lines of my lasting >globalv! Some other settings mysteriously disappeared too. We're running >Listserv 17F (fix 2) under CMS Rel. 5. My virtual machine has 3M. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-IRMSS907@SIVM or @SIVM.SI.EDU-=-=-=-=-=-= > Mignon Erixon-Stanford, Computer Specialist > Office of Information Resource Management > Voice: 202-357-4243 Fax: 202-786-2687 I can't remember where, but I remember reading something that implied it was very unwise to edit your LASTING GLOBALV file with XEDIT. The help files say something about screwing up record lengths, but I thought it was something in addition to that. Darren