I seem to recall that the original list address was "vanagon@@lenti.med.umn.edu" and was run from Gerry's campus server. Vanagon@vanagon.com didn't come until later on.

Ric

> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:38:31 -0800
> From: jrasite@EONI.COM
> Subject: Re: List member count
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Earliest list post in the archives:
> 
> Date:         Sat, 2 Apr 1994 15:01:54 -0600 (CST)
> Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
> From:         Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>
> Subject:      New listprocessor
> 
> This is a rather trepid announcement of my installation of the
> listprocessor software.
> 
> The list is still called vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu, but you can send
> help,subscribe,unsubscribe,set vanagon digest messages to listserv
> 
> As soon as I get a welcome message together, I'll post it to the list
> so you can forward it to your friends.
> 
> If there are any problems, I'll probably see them, but please send
> mail to me as gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu if you see them first or you
> need some help with something.
> 
> Also, if you can spare a few seconds to quickly respond to this note
> so I know it got out there somewhere, that'd be nice (I can do that
> while the list is still small. <smile>)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Gerry
> 
> Since there was a list to post the above announcement to, there must
> have been a predecessor.  Joel? Ric? Derek? Steve J?
> 
> I joined in about February '95.  Using Lynx and Gopher on a Mac IIsi
> over a dialup connection IIRC.  Fer sure Gopher is what found the list
> for me.
> 
> Total number of users subscribed to the list:    828 as of 2 minutes
> ago.
> 
> Jim

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