At 08:14 PM 2/15/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Anne if you are the only one using the list, why bother to lock it?  Even if
>not sometimes it's just easier to send a message to the others who have
>access telling them you are working on the list and not to make any changes.
>Then when your finished you can send them another note telling them you are
>finished.
>

Actually, you should never get the whole list.  You should do a

get listname (hdr nol

That will send you only the headers, which is all you can usefully edit.
And if you only got headers, then no reason to lock it.  Even if there are
multiowners, the worst you'd do is undo the other's changes.  And you
shouldn't be changing headers very often anyway.

cheers
cyclops in boise



Dan Lester
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