On Thu, 13 May 1999 09:59:08 -0500, "Bassett, Peg" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>A subscriber on one of our lists recently sent a couple of postings to the
>list and received two ACK messages back that have very different counts on
>the number of recepients.  These numbers also differ quit a bit from the
>actual number of concealed/non-concealed subscribers.  Any thoughts on why
>these numbers vary so much?

The list appears to be using TOPICS: so the numbers will differ according to the
number of subscribers to each topic.  In one case the 'CHAT:' topic, in the
other case (since a TOPIC: keyword is not used) the 'OTHER:' topic.

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>Date:         Wed, 12 May 1999 23:27:05 -0500
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>Date:         Thu, 13 May 1999 00:53:54 -0500
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