I'm the Subscription Manager for KIDLINK. We run 16 public lists with a large group of volunteers who serve as owners and editors of the individual lists. We have set up a special mailing list for notifications. I get the digest for this list. This is the first part of the digest I got this morning: > There are 46 messages totalling 520 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. RESPONSE: [log in to unmask] joined the list > 2. KIDLEADR: [log in to unmask] joined the list > 3. KIDLINK: [log in to unmask] left the list > 4. KIDLEADR: [log in to unmask] left the list This is great! Instead of 46 separate messages, I get one message with a 46-line summary of the essential information. But there is a problem: > 14. Your removal from the KIDLINK list I can't tell from this which subscription was removed. Instead of sending a notice to the owner, LISTSERV sends a CC of the message to the subscriber. If I go into the digest for the complete message, I find this: > Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 22:11:42 -0500 > From: "L-Soft list server at NDSUVM1 (1.8b)" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Your removal from the KIDLINK list > > Sat, 5 Aug 1995 22:11:42 > > You have been removed from the KIDLINK list (KIDLINK Project List) by > E-Mail Postmaster <[log in to unmask]>. I *still* have no idea who was removed. The digest does not contain the "To:" line from the message. Suggestion ========== In the long run, I'd really like to see LISTSERV send the notification address messages with subject lines like these: RESPONSE: [log in to unmask] added KIDLINK: [log in to unmask] removed Question ======== It is very important to us to have notifications of the subscriptions that have been added or removed. I have two ideas about how we might do this: 1) Change the MAILTPL file to add the information I need in the messages for list addition and deletion. I have not checked yet to make sure these messages can be changed. 2) Set up a special account to receive all the notifications and write a script to create our own subscription change summary each day. I'd welcome any suggestions you have about how to accomplish our goal quickly and easily. Peace, Dan << Daniel D. Wheeler Internet: [log in to unmask] >> << University of Cincinnati Bitnet: wheeler@ucbeh >>