On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 17:40:28 +0000, Alan Thew <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Experiments tell me that the list header only gets "really" updated when I >PUT the >list itself rather than when I PUT the relevant KEYWORDS file (like an >#include in C, I need to "re-compile"). > >This does not agree with my reading of the site Manager's Operations Guide >page 56 . The issue I had was the ability of list members to do a REView >of the list. The changed KEYWORDS file showed up when the list owner >looked at the list but list members were denied access until I re PUT the >headers (the KEYWORDS file had Review= owners and I changed this to >private). I don't understand specifically what you mean. PUTing the List Header (what you may be calling the Keywords file) is essentially instantaneous in effect. If the keyword setting was Review= Owner, then LISTSERV is working as documented if only the Owner (or Site Admin) can REView the list and regular members are denied access. -- __________________________________________________________________ Ben Parker ..... L-Soft international Inc. ..... [log in to unmask]