> >Out of curiosity  I just tried sending the 'review'  command via bitnet.
> >(I  usually send  it via  internet.) As  far as  I can  see, there's  no
> >difference in the "resource utilization" report.
>
> This is yet  another proof that your BITNET service  is not satisfactory:
> the software you are using does  not support NJE interactive messages, so
 
We can use interactive bitnet.  I don't do it very often because mail is
more reliable.  A command sent via mail gets there sooner or later.  A
command sent interactively vanishes if nodes are down.  As I said, I
normally use internet mail because it goes faster than even interactive
bitnet messages.  When I first became owner of a list in another state,
I tested the speed many, many times.  I would send an interactive bitnet
command to the listserv first and then the same command via internet mail.
I would receive mail confirmation that the internet command had been
received and acted on before the interactive bitnet command got there.
 
> which receives the  same treatment as an Internet address.  Frankly, if I
> were you I'd drop my BITNET connection, if it only supports mail I really
> don't see what benefits you can get out of it.
 
It's not up to me to decide.  I have no official connection with the
Computing Center.  I have, however, told my friends in the CC that I see
no particular usefulness of bitnet -- at least not now that we can edit
list headers via mail.  I did use bitnet for that single duty with the
previous version of listserv.
   --Natalie ([log in to unmask])