On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Robert Rolf wrote:

> It is unfortunate that MIT doesn't have the resources to do virus proofing
> of MD.
>
> As I understand it, Majordomo is a series of Perl scripts that call
> the various system resources to process the list mail.

Yes, but the list isn't run on Majordomo.  It's Listserv, running under
VM/ESA on IBM mainframe hardware.  Specifically, it's a couple of LPARs on
an S/390 9121.

> If the MIT guys are interested, I can put them in touch with our MD
> guru who would be quite happy to share the simple? mods that were made.

I doubt your Majordomo guru could figure out how to log into a VM system.
I turned wrenches on IBM mainframe hardware for fifteen plus years...
UNIX is a friendly OS compared to those beasties.

Dale

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