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.