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From: fuchs@czar.Princeton.EDU (Ira Fuchs)
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Subject: Re: Listserv
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Date: 27 Jul 90 14:50:05 GMT
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Not to rain on anyones's parade but LISTSERV is actually a rather large program
with functionality that goes WELL beyond the typical mail distribution
programs.
It includes its own archiving and database search capabilities (complete with
complex boolean searching, etc). It has myriad user and system controls for
setting up almost any type of conference. Most people only know it and only use
it for fairly simple mail distribution but it is capable of much more. I
have tried to interest the author of LISTSERV in porting to UNIX but to
no avail. Alas, it is fairly inextricably tied to VM/CMS and only the
author or a very committed programmer (or one that ought to be
committed) would attempt a port.