Thanks for that info... that helps a lot. I still need a bit of
clarification on the topic issue.

After I sent out a global  command to remove all people from my given topic,
what happens with new subscribers?
Is the default for them to automatically receive all postings, including the
Topics?  We do not want new subscribers to be automatically receiving
postings under this specific topic unless they select the topic manually, or
if they are added by the moderators.

Thanks again.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
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Sent:   Wednesday, August 18, 1999 11:23 AM
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Subject:        Re: About topics

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:03:12 -0400, Paul Prusakowski <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>4. I sent a test message with the topic as the first word in the subject
>line, and got an acknowledgement back stating that 56 recipients got the
>message.
>
>How could that happen if I sent a command to remove that topic from
>everyone's settings?

Topics: do not apply to Digest and Index subscribers.  They always receive
all
messages posted to the list.  This is as documented.  I would guess these 56
are
set to Digest or Index.