> and simply have posters post with subject "BigJunk: Chapter 1 PDF file available
> here" (pick your own topic name ... maybe BigJunk is a might harsh), and then
> follow-upwith a short post.It's a two-step process for the poster, but infinitely
> better than changing subscription options of all members (the original suggestion
> also fails to deliver other contribution during the NOMAIL time). Simple. Good.

Agreed! :-)

> (Although omitting from e-mail and LISTSERV altogether would be better, IMHO):
> have instructors place the big "attachments" on their web server or ftp server.
> Then you're really cookin'.   cheers, wayne

May be, but then you have to create the acess control Listserv already has in
the ftp server (e.g enable only private list users to access certain files on
the ftp server). If there would be an easy way to both implementing and using
this procedure, I'd be glad to use it.

Thanks,
Moshe