Please see the full documentation of each keyword for platform availability.

Keywords not hyperlinked are obscure, undocumented z/VM-only settings.  If you are a z/VM site and need help with these settings, please contact L-Soft customer support.

If the "Introduced" column is blank, the keyword existed prior to LISTSERV 1.8d (13).

Keyword

Introduced

Abstract

ALL_REQUEST_ALLOWED_USERS

14.0

Specifies non-POSTMASTER users who are allowed to post to the ALL-REQUEST alias.

ANTI_VIRUS

14.0

Turns LISTSERV's real-time anti-virus scanning on or off.

AVS_DROP_SPAM

14.4

One of two variables that may be set on servers that submit mail to the external LISTSERV AVS for virus and spam scanning, which can help deal with DoS mail-bombing attacks.

AVS_DROP_VIRUS

14.4

One of two variables that may be set on servers that submit mail to the external LISTSERV AVS for virus and spam scanning, which can help deal with DoS mail-bombing attacks.

BITNET_ROUTE


Defines the hostname of a machine that knows how to route mail to BITNET addresses

BOUNCES_TO

1.8d (13)

Tells LISTSERV where to send bounces not related to any particular list

CHANGELOG_DBMS

14.0

Tells LISTSERV to mirror a copy of all or selected changelogs to DBMS.

CHANGELOG_DBMS_CONNECTION

14.0

Used in conjunction with CHANGELOG_DBMS. Sets the DBMS connection characteristics for mirroring changelog data to DBMS.

CHANGELOG_DBMS_TABLE

14.0

Used in conjunction with CHANGELOG_DBMS. Sets the DBMS table characteristics for mirroring changelog data to DBMS.

CHECKMDISK


List of library minidisks to be checked at startup

CLI_*

14.0

Three configuration variables prefixed by CLI_* are available for use with DBMS/Mail Merge.

CMDPIPE_HOSTNAME

1.8c (12)

Defines the hostname used by the LCMD utility

CMSNAME


The name of the CMS system to be used on IPL commands

CRASH_MONITOR

1.8c (12)

Where to send Windows crash reports

CREATEPW


The password required to create new lists