> Finally, I would  like to point you to the  announcement of release 1.6a,
> which describes the  way that you can, today, without  mods, ask LISTSERV
> to send you mail via BSMTP, with  a 'To:' field that doesn't contain your
> name , with only 1 copy per node rather than 5 (assuming, of course, that
> the node in question is BSMTP-capable, which is the case of a minority of
> BITNET nodes).
>
>   Eric
 
Couldn't this format be made to work with nodes that have no mailer as
well as with BSMTP-capable nodes?  I realize that there would be no
saving in network bandwidth, as the same number of files would still
have to be sent.  However, the consistency would be nice to have.
Also, it would be useful if a node administrator could request this
feature for all users at his or her node.
 
One thing that's not absolutely clear in the 1.6a announcement is what
criteria are used to decide when multiple recipients at different nodes
will be addressed in the same file.  Is it done if they are served by
the same gateway or mailer?