Well, DISTRIBUTE is a command, but it is also an option. As a command it can be used for one time distibutions to the list regardless of subscribers mail option settings. It is also an option for the "Mail-via=" keyword. All my lists are set * Mail-via= Distribute and it works fine, notebooks, archives (they are huge) etc. Kinda like "review." Which "distribute" are we talking about here? Douglas On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Pete Weiss wrote: > If I understand what you're saying, the DISTRIBUTE command has nothing to do what so ever with [subscription] list proceessing; therefore, the list keywords e.g., NOTEBOOK= and PRIME-TIME= (sp?) are not involved. > > DISTRIBUTE is useful in circumstances where you need to do: > > 1) one-time mailings > 2) list distribution diagnostics that can't be solved through careful analysis of bounces or other list functions like active/passive probing > 3) [maybe others] > > At 14:34 09/27/2000 Wednesday, Michael Hensley wrote: > > >We have recently begun to use the distribute command to send our lists, and > >we have discovered that lists sent via the DISTRIBUTE command do not > >respond to prime settings in the list header, nor are they automatically > >archived. Is there something we are missing? > >