Idea

[Jim McCoy]

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> I like that last one too, but who will bell the cat?

It has already been done.  Find the majordomo package (i found several
sites with it via archie) and run this.  It will automagically digestify
and will also handle the subscribe/unsubscribe stuff.  It is close to being
a listserv for unix, but lacks the archive retrieval via mail functions.

jim