On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 12:10:12 -0500, Paul Franco <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> You have to explicitly name every host:
>>
>> :nick.PERI.COM :alias.HOST1.PERI.COM HOST2.PERI.COM
>
>
>===> Last round of questions...
>
>Would I need to do this for every user? or can I use a
>wild card for the user:

This is host_name aliasing, i.e. we are only dealing with the right side of
[log in to unmask]  userID's are not a part of this process.

>Example:
>
>:*.PERI.COM :alias.HOST1.PERI.COM HOST2.PERI.COM
>
>And, do you know if this will charge a big performance hit
>to the system?

The performance hit is negligible since the lookup is local.  It is almost too
small to measure.

You must STOP/RESTART LISTSERV after making the change to aliases.names for
the change to become effective.