On Sun, 9 Apr 89 01:42:02 GMT Niall O'Reilly said: >On Tue, 4 Apr 89 15:35:51 EST Harold Pritchett said: >>> Would the postmasters on this forum accept a restriction on the >>>use of XEDIT on the lists in order to gain better performance? I know >>>that it's a hot topic - some people ONLY use XEDIT, never GET+PUT :-) >>> >> >>Absolutely! We may just have to teach a few old dogs some new tricks. If >>it will improve performance you can save the thing as a TEXT file... >> >>Harold > >Amen! >Niall Ok, I'll concede, but only if the format is documented. I do bulk updates to several lists, and before I do them, I compare them to the list to prevent them from being reapplied. It improves performance even more if you don't have to do the work period. When I'm adding a hundred or more names to a list, this can have significant impact. Listserv is one of the few applications we are having size problems with. I've got two lists here that have over a 1,000 subscribers, an dI have over 14,000 names in the SIGNUP FILE. Small performance gains can mean a lot, but to slightly change a phrase: "There's no work like no work" Harry