On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:24:04 -0400, Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>At 13:13 06/11/2003 Wednesday, Mark Schwarz wrote:
> >
> >What I would like to do is have ListServ send me a copy of the message (I
> >am subscribed so that isn't an issue) along with the number of
subscribers
> >the message went to. Currently I must go to the list reporting panel to
get
> >the counts.
> >
> >In my abscense, when someone else sends a message, I do not get an
accurate
> >count (unless I count new subscribers & subtract unsubscribers from the
> >current day totals - not to mention the subscribers that ListServ boots
> >from bad email addresses.
>
>But do they actually READ it??? ;-)
>
>All of this presupposes that the numbers that you see bear any
>relationship to reality.  They can only approximate, and you really would
>need to do an analysis to validate your model.  E.g., I read some lists
>via the WEB int.f (and I could be set to NOMAIL); or I might receive the
>list distribution via a group remailer i.e., a list subscribed to a list
>or gatewayed to a BBS.  Or the number might not include DIGEST/INDEX
>subscribers.
>
>If these numbers are of strategic value and are worth money to you, maybe
>another of L-Soft's products might better suit?
>
>Otherwise:
>
>REV listname NOH SH
>Q listname WITH NOMAIL FOR *@*

Pete,

This works well but... I find that I need to send an additional message to
ListServ to get the information. What I was looking for was a way to add a
command to the configuration file of each list that would send a message to
the owner informing them (me) of the count. Call me lazy, but this is the
requirement, and I'm looking for the easy way out.

Can the commands above be added to the configuration? And if so what is the
exact syntax?

Be gentle, I'm new at ListServ,
~Mark