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From: bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: LISTSERV FOR UNIX?
Message-ID: <1990Jul3.182227.13873@cs.rochester.edu>
Date: 3 Jul 90 18:22:27 GMT
Reply-To: bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys)
Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY
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I maintain a few mailing lists, and I'm sick of it.

Surely someone has automated this so that users can add and remove
themselves from lists?  It's not that hard, but before I go ahead and
do it myself, I'd like to know if it's been done.

Does anyone know who the authors of the bitnet LISTSERV program are,
whether its external specifications are available, whether its code
is at all reusable?

It seems like half of my mailing lists' requests for addition are in
bitnet listserv format, so it seems like that would be a natural
interface to emulate.  Besides which, I've even heard (on the com-priv
mailing list) that listserv supports such space-age features as
per-user mailing list expansion privacy (for those who wish to join but
don't want to have their names offered up to anybody who can telnet to
the smtp port).

IN SUMMARY:
	(1) Looking for automated mailing list maintenance software for Unix.
	(2) Looking for bitnet listserv documentation/authors.
	(3) Any other commentary/suggestions are welcome.