Philo wrote: > address; more than twenty-five and it's all undone automatically... (Does > anyone really subscribe to more than 25 LISTSERV mailing lists? just > curious...) Just curious, also, I just went through my "list inf[ormation]" folder, where I keep the "welcome to!" and "usage guidelines" files of every list I join. I THINK I have all of them in there ... At any rate, NOT counting the read-only lists (Tourbus, New-List, and the like), only the discussion lists ... I came to 28. No, hold it, make that 29. And I have the uneasy suspicion I'm missing a few. (Also did some housecleaning by zapping the info for lists from which I've unsubbed in the interim and do not want to re-join.) And I've been thinking of going back to a few more I used to enjoy a great deal ... Luckily, not all those lists are very active. Some, I'd almost forgotten about, so low is the traffic! And one of those lists owns the list I co-own, so I'm not sure if that counts -- it's VERY active, though. Average: 300 messages per day, minimum. (I used to be canary in the coal mine where I worked -- if *I* wasn't getting any e-mail, NO ONE was getting any, and our systems administrator told me in no uncertain terms I was to notify him immediately if two hours passed without new e-mail!) If nothing else, it teaches you RUTHLESS efficiency in handling e-mail. And, of course, I actually PARTICIPATE in less than half of these. So, yes, a ten sub maximum would mean a considerable delay (and a certain amount of triage!) should I switch ISPs. > Philo Mario Rups [log in to unmask]