The MOVE command wasn't designed for "direct" use by list owners. It is a kind of tool used by the EXPLODE command: EXPLODE returns a job with MOVE statements that you can submit to LISTSERV to perform the move. So you could try: EXPLODE listname (WITHOUT oldpeer PREFER newpeer This should generate a MOVE job that will do what you want. Note that EXPLODE and MOVE only work on the VM version of LISTSERV for the time being. Eric