>REPLY TO 03/31/89 12:19 FROM [log in to unmask] "Revised LISTSERV forum" >Re: Two more ( NETWIDE commands > >Eric, > >Despite the difficulties, I think it it is important to try and >improve the efficiency of the GLOBAL commands. I have another >request for a new GLOBAL myself, namely SUSPEND. I am on dozens of >lists scattered all over the world. I shudder to think what I'd >have to go thru to turn them all off and then back on if I decided >to use a nice chunk of all my stored up vacation time and go far, >far away for a month or two. There really needs to be a way to only >temporarily sign-off everything while letting LISTSERV remember >which they are. I can envision either having to state the >suspension period when doing the SUSPEND or having LISTSERV >periodically convert all SUSPENDs over n days old to permanent >SIGNOFFs. > >I suspect that there are other things that it makes sense to do >GLOBALly if possible that haven't been thought of yet either. >Therefore it seems worth the investment, perhaps by moving some >parts of the code out of REXX, to improve efficiency. > >/June > >To: [log in to unmask] I a g r e e c o m p l e t e l y (refer to my SUPPORT databse entry) --Frank