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Nathan Brindle <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 12 Sep 1997 15:00:19 EDT
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On Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:22:36 -0500 Bill Harrison said:
>My question is this. When a list (1.8c)exceeds its threshold limit,
>and the server puts the list on hold, does it not reset itself
>automatically at midnight and go back to distributing messages.

No it does not.  If your manual says this it is a <very> old manual as
there was a typo in the original manual three years ago that was fixed
soon after the release.  However I do see that 2.12.10 could be construed
this way, and I will fix that in a later manual release.  What
is meant is that the <counter> resets at midnight but any pre-midnight
HOLD because of going over the threshold is not cleared--this must be
done manually because for all LISTSERV knows the threshold was reached
because mail was looping and you don't want to start a loop going again
by just arbitrarily FREEing the list.

Nathan

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