WINSHIP writes:
 
> The ones with specific topics are your more sophisticated
> subscribers who have looked at the header, seen that you have installed
> the Topics keyword, and know what it means and how to change their
> options.
 
It's impossible, I just put topics in a couple of days ago.
The users with specific TOPIC headings aren't that sophisticated -
I know them personally 8-).
 
>  Of course, that is rather futile on their part since you haven't
> announced the use of Topics so probably no one is putting the keywords in
> the subject line, so it's the same as not having Topics at all.  For
> Topics to work the subscribers have to know about it and cooperate by
> putting the keywords in the subject line, or there is no point to it.
 
Well, no, the list is moderated, so I've been sending to a few
experimental addresses with the TOPIC keywords.
 
> If you install
> Topics and then decide it isn't working for your list, is there any
> problem with just deleting it from the header?
 
I'd like to know too. Wouldn't want to wake up and find I had no list...
 
One thing further occurs to me. After installing TOPICs in the
header, I tried to set topics for my own address, which is also
the address listserv recognizes as listowner. So I sent a message
to listserv
 
        set h-amstdy topics: cfp inq info
 
Could that have caused the foul-up in some way? Could this have
affected just some people who were changing their subscription
options in some way?
 
Jeff