>>I am listowner of a fairly small (250), but extremely active (approximately >50 >>messages per day) list. I use a method devised by Larry Jewell, listowenr of >I'm always amazed by the varying opinions on what "active" means. If WORDS-L >dropped to 50 messages any one day, we would all assume that the LISTSERV was >stuck. I had to change the daily threshold from 200 to 300 a while back >because I was tired of sending the 'free' command. (That was an unusual >time period, though. The average is less than 200 a day.) Natalie: Maybe you should rename the list VERBOSEl ? ;-) /Pete