LSTOWN-L Archives

LISTSERV List Owners' Forum

LSTOWN-L
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Parts/Attachments: text/plain (9 lines)
Print Reply
Mime-Version:
1.0
Sender:
LISTSERV list owners' forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
Re: Value of Ack
From:
Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 8 Dec 2005 10:39:56 -0500
In-Reply-To:
<[log in to unmask]>
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Reply-To:
LISTSERV list owners' forum <[log in to unmask]>
 
At 10:26 12/8/2005 Thursday, Nelson R. Pardee wrote:
>I seem to recall something about Ack's real (as opposed to theoretical)
>usefulness, but I can't remember where I saw it. I've searched the
>archives to no avail. Can anyone enlighten me?

Since it contains a count of mail-mode recipients and probably is distributed to the poster outside of the LISTSERV distribute backbone, theoretically it could provide a diagnostic point if those who get their distributions via the backbone ...don't.

/Pete Weiss

ATOM RSS1 RSS2