Eric Thomas <ERIC@FRECP11>
Fri, 13 Mar 1987 14:57 SET
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I have just completed a mass mailing to the subscribers of the various large
BITNIC lists who were not subscribed to the nearest LISTSERV housing the
lists. I REViewed the major BITNIC lists, stored them on my LISTSERV under a
different name and asked it to point out the subscribers which could be moved
to a nearer place. I then wrote a program which built DISTRIBUTE MAIL jobs
from this info, asking people to relocate their subscriptions. I made some
calculations and have reasons to believe that, considering the fact that
DISTRIBUTE was used to carry out the notes, this mass mailing generated less
load than the piece of mail you are now reading (sent to 3 lists).
I was surprised at the success of this mass mailing. I checked only the
LIAISON list, but it appears that more than 25 people have already moved their
subscription to a better server. I would like to thank everybody for their
cooperation and understanding, notably Ricky who sent me the list of all
BITNIC lists with number of subscribers, etc.
Cheers, Eric
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