On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Ben Parker wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 17:40:28 +0000, Alan Thew <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >Experiments tell me that the list header only gets "really" updated when I
> >PUT the
> >list itself rather than when I PUT the relevant KEYWORDS file (like an
> >#include in C, I need to "re-compile").
> >
> >This does not agree with my reading of the site Manager's Operations Guide
> >page 56 . The issue I had was the ability of list members to do a REView
> >of the list. The changed KEYWORDS file showed up when the list owner
> >looked at the list but list members were denied access until I re PUT the
> >headers (the KEYWORDS file had Review= owners and I changed this to
> >private).
>
> I don't understand specifically what you mean.  PUTing the List Header
> (what you may be calling the Keywords file) is essentially instantaneous in
> effect.  If the keyword setting was  Review= Owner, then LISTSERV is
> working as documented if only the Owner (or Site Admin) can REView the list
> and regular members are denied access.
>
I changed the keywords file to be Review= private and did a PUT, nothing
changed for a list member doing a review until I PUT the list as well...

Thanks

Alan Thew