On   Wed,    3   Apr   1996    10:28:24   EST   "Paul    M.   Karagianis"
<[log in to unmask]> said:
 
>And it really  is personally embarrasing to tell people  that we serve a
>subscriber  base of  around 25,000  I, uh,  think, based  on the  record
>counts of the signup files, allowing for a overlap of single subscribers
>across multiple lists which I derive from a gut feeling and "make fuzzy"
>using the height of the Diet Cherry Coke in my cup at the time I'm asked
>the question.
 
I don't understand. The LIST SUMMARY  feature has been available since (I
think - I still have a backup tape of three to reload with data from this
time period) 1991, and was included in the first non-VM versions.
 
*    List membership summary for selected servers known to
*           LISTSERV@SEARN on 3 Apr 1996 19:09:49
*
*                          Number of lists   Membership count
* Nodeid                   Public    Total   Public     Total
* ------                   ------    -----   ------     -----
* SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU           193      261    55607     58193
 
So, you've underestimated your subscriber base by a factor of 2 :-)
 
  Eric