On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:34:24 -0400, Michael Hensley <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>we have discovered that lists sent via the DISTRIBUTE command do not
>respond to prime settings in the list header, nor are they automatically
>archived.  Is there something we are missing? 

DISTRIBUTE jobs make no reference to the List Header so of course they will not
pay attention to a PRIME= statement.  You can include a similar PRIME= sttament
as part of the DISTRIBUTE job command syntax.

e.g.  

//FOODTV-0424 JOB PRIME="MON: 00:00-17:59; TUE-SUN: 00:00-23:59"  
// DISTRIBUTE MAIL-MERGE DBMS=LIST(FOODTV) PW=au33402 ,
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//TO DD "1=1"
//DATA DD *,EOF
From: "Food Network List Manager," <[log in to unmask]>
To: Food Network News <[log in to unmask]>
Date: &*date;
Subject: Food Network News, 04/24/00

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Since DISTRUBUTE jobs, by definition, do not pass through the list, they are not
archived.  Via a complex process, you can set everyone in the list to NOMAIL,
and then subscribe the list to itself so it will receive a copy of the message
and enter it in the archives, but you must be quite careful how you do this.