>
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 13:09:00 EDT
> From: Wayne Marr <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Topics=
>
> Our list, the financial economics network, has four
> topics= WPS:,APS:,COM:, and EDU:
>
When defining topics in the header, do NOT use the colons
* TOPICS= WPS,APS,COM,EDU
> This morning, another colleague using quickmail at
> Harvard is attempting to post to the list. We want
> our WPS: subscribers to get the mail.
>
> However, his mailer is sending WPS- to the listserv
> (1.8a) and we are getting the message distributed to
> 69 people, when about 3700 people are on the list. We
> know that the mailer at Harvard is doing this.
>
> Question: is there a short solution so that we can mail
> to all of our subscriber without using a topics command?
>
> Or do we have to use WPS: or some other identifier with
> a colon : Your help your be greatly appreciated since
> the mailing needs to go out today.
> Wayne Marr FEN [log in to unmask] Thanks in advance
>
WPS- is not a topic. It must contain the colon, i.e.
Subject: WPS: whatever the subject is
If only 69 people got the message, it might indicate that you sent it
out as a non-topic (ie. WPS- instead of WPS:) and only those subscribers
who have selected Topics=All or Topics=TopicX,Other (or some such) would
receive it, assuming that all the others subs were set to Topics=TopicX
with no proviso for receiving non-Topic posts ("Other").
On our lists, we have a topic called ADMIN:, which all subscribers
select. e.g. Topics=WPS,Admin
Then the administrators can send a message under the ADMIN: topic that
all subscribers will receive, regardless of their selected specialty
topic.
Just a stab in the dark, but hopefully helpful...
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