On     Mon,     30     Jun     1997    12:39:23     +1000     David     M
<[log in to unmask]> said:

>I have noticed that when LISTSERV is processing mail* it sort of "locks"
>the console... For example ctrl+c does not work.

The console mode is for debugging only! When waiting for you to type your
command, all  other operations are  suspended. Likewise when  LISTSERV is
doing something else, it takes note  of the Ctrl-C (in principle, on some
unixes the signal might not be delivered  when in a socket wait for all I
know), but will not prompt until the current operation is done.

>Also any mail sent to Listserv is  not answered until all "SMTP to ...."
>stuff is finished???

LISTSERV answers mail by passing it on to the local MTA via SMTP. If this
process is a  bottleneck, which is almost always the  case with sendmail,
LISTSERV cannot answer your requests faster than it is doing it.

  Eric