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

DATABASE


Indicates whether the (old) z/VM database functions are enabled or not

DBMS_*

1.8d (13)

Several configuration variables prefixed by DBMS_* are available for use with DBMS/Mail Merge.

DBRINDEX

1.8c (12)

Determines whether or not the new LISTSERV database functions use reverse indexing

DEBUG_LOG_PW

14.3

Debug setting to display passwords in LISTSERV's log file

DEBUG_LOG_TCPGUI

14.3

Show fully-logged TCPGUI commands for debugging purposes.

DEFAULT_CHANGELOG_PERIOD

14.0

Sets a default period for rotating change-logs. 

DEFAULT_DIST_BACKGROUND

15.0

Boolean value that sets the server default for background DISTRIBUTE

DEFAULT_LANGUAGE

1.8d (13)

Sets the default national language template for use by all lists on the server

DEFAULT_LOOPCHECK

14.5

Sets the server default for the list-level Loopcheck keyword

DEFAULT_MAIL_MERGE

16.0

Sets the default for the Mail-Merge= keyword for all lists on the server.

DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS

14.5

Sets the server default for the list-level Misc-Options keyword

DEFAULT_PROBE

1.8d (13)

Sets defaults for passive probing

DEFAULT_SPLIT

1.8b (11)

Provides a default value for the "SPLIT=" command line keyword

DELAY


The delay between  two reader-scan operations

DIAGD4


Indicates whether LISTSERV should use diagnose X'D4' to mimic the RSCS origin on files it DISTRIBUTEs

DIST_ALLOWED_USERS

1.8d (13)

Space-separated list of non-POSTMASTER users who are to be allowed to use DISTRIBUTE

DIST_BACKGROUND_CHUNKSIZE

15.0

Tuning parameter for background DISTRIBUTE.

DIST_BACKGROUND_JOBSIZE

15.0

Tuning parameter for background DISTRIBUTE.

DIST_FORWARD

14.4

Enables and tunes DISTRIBUTE "workers".  This is a tuning feature for embedded mail merge.

DIST_FORWARD_MINSIZE

15.0

The minimum message size, in kilobytes, to make use of DISTRIBUTE workers

DIST_FORWARD_THRESHOLD

14.4

Enables and tunes DISTRIBUTE "workers".  This is a tuning feature for embedded mail merge.

DIST_OWNER_MAIL_MERGE

1.8d-2000b (13.2)

Determines whether or not list owners may use the mail-merge feature for their lists.

DIST_SECURITY

1.8d (13)

Boolean value which controls security validation feature for the DISTRIBUTE command. WARNING: See the full documentation before changing this value.

DKIM_SIGN

14.5

Specifies DomainKeys domains for which you are able and willing to sign

DKIM_SIGN_ALL

14.5

Boolean value which directs LISTSERV to sign all messages for which it has a suitable DomainKeys private key.

DMARC_NO_REWRITE

16.5-2018a

List of domains and subdomains which should never be rewritten by the DMARC address rewriting function.

DYN_QUERY_CACHE_LIMIT        

16.5

(HPO) Sets the maximum DQL query size that will be cached, in KB.

DYN_QUERY_CACHE_TTL

16.5

(HPO) Sets the TTL of DQL cache entries, in seconds.