On Thu, 27 May 1999 09:01:21 -0400, KEVIN MCKENZIE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>we run listserv on a Solaris machine.  I was wondering does anyone know
>where the default setting is that listserv uses to scan the lists and pick
>up things like the probe dates.  Basically I want to force a probe and do
>some trouble shooting without having to wait another day, is there a way to
>force it.  I was thinking that If I modify the time that listserv does a
>scan of the lists for header variables then I can at least get it down to
>the hour.

You can force a message at any time with the following pair of commands:

 QUIET SET listname NOMAIL FOR user@address
 SET listname MAIL FOR user@address

This forces LISTSERV to send an acknowledgement message to the person.