Pete,

> Truth be told, DIGEST or Index works

I can see how it might, but it won't for me. Our list server is so heavily
loaded that almost all lists are required to use an alternative method of
archiving mail instead of the LISTSERV Notebook, so the digest and index
options don't work at all on my list.

> I had a problem with one subscriber who posted and another subscriber to
whom it was distributed and the latter bounced it for exceeding RECEIVED
count.  SHORTHDR "fixed" that.

I agree with the quotation marks--it's a workaround, not a fix. (Especially
since it eliminates subject tags and sequence numbers, both of which we
use.) It does happen to be the same workaround that kept us from running
into the problem at all with Majordomo, although it's much nicer to be able
to apply it to individual subscribers instead of the whole list.

But it's a workaround I need to be able to depend on, and I get scared when
it gets labeled "special or obsolete" because that might tempt someone to
eliminate it someday.

Hal