On Mon, 8 Nov 1993 02:01:44 EST Steve Traugott said:
>> one list where the limit is 300, and it has been freed a few times, though
>> not often.
>GACK!  That's incredible.  What's the topic and how do most members
>handle the load?
 
   They are addicts!   It is [log in to unmask]  Perhaps like
scotch or oysters or whatever, it is an acquired taste.  MANY also
subscribe and then unsub the same day.  o-)  Still others read it
as bit.listserv.words-l.   There are a couple hundred members, but as
is case on most lists 90 percent of the traffic comes from ten percent
of the members, the good old Pareto Principle striking again.
 
  Although words-l may be at the high end of traffic, many lists have
over a hundred a day.  NOVELL and WP51-L come to mind.
 
cyclops
 
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