> Nelson Ramos Ribeiro <[log in to unmask]> asked on 06 Jun 91 15:40:29+0200:
> > There's a user at our site trying to find out in which lists he's subscribed
> > worldwide, wondering if that could be done by listserv. I have never seen
> > such a facility on listserv. Is there any way to do it?
>
> During the last years several people have expressed the need for a
> command like "QUERY * (netwide" but to whatever reason this will never be
> implemented, I guess.
>
> Tell us the opposite or the reasons for not having it implemented, Eric !
>
> Frank Elsner (TU Berlin - Postmaster)
 
Seems to me that it would be simpler to do an "automagic purge" every
six months or 4 months and then send some boilerplate advising the
subscriber that the list is being updated and if he/she wishes to
continue receiving mail, to SUB again.  Students would not be such a
problem (they wouldn't do the QUERY anyway) and old fogeys like me who
can't remember all the lists they have subscribed to can just
"refresh" their memories ;-) by subscribing to their current
interests.  Just my .02 . . . . Phil---
 
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