On Sat,  15 Jun 1996  00:38:42 -0400 Vickie  Banks <[log in to unmask]>
said:
 
>They  use it  to easily  get  a total  on  postings to  give in  funding
>requests.
 
That you can get easily from the archives. SEARCH * IN XYZ-L SINCE xxx is
all you need to  do, and it's in fact much better  suited to grants where
what you really need to know is  the number of postings in a certain time
frame.
 
>Since  the lists  are  moderated,  and the  moderators  switch off,  the
>postings all seem to come from  the different moderators--so they use it
>to balance the work load, as they can see how many postings each one has
>handled.
 
With counters that started from the beginning of the list???
 
>Eric, I take it you're not going to port that STATS command then?
 
No, there will be a brand  new STATS command with more information (maybe
called differently, to avoid confusion).
 
>Will the new Accounting procedure be  in the upcoming upgrade? (...) Any
>date on when you're going to release the upgrade yet?
 
Unfortunately, these questions  tend to be linked :-)  People keep asking
for new  features that  they want to  see in the  next version.  The same
people also ask impatiently when we  will release the next version. Well,
if we have  to add more features to  it, it will take longer  to come out
:-)
 
  Eric