At 02:44 09/16/2000 Saturday, Ben Parker wrote: >On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 19:05:54 -0400, Michael Hensley <[log in to unmask]> >wrote: > >>We would like to the latest edition of our publications to new subscribers, >>however I can't find a way to have ListServ send to subscribers based on >>subscription date via mail merge, or any other way for that matter. >THe Subscription date is not accessible to any use or querying, especially not >as a conditional for a mail-merge. list-header * DEFAULT-OPTIONS= DIGEST Have instructions in WELCOME file or bottom_banner to set options to individual emails if appropriate e.g., SET listname MAIL Either they will get a daily (?) digest if they do nothing; or if they SET their SUB to MAIL, then a DIGEST will be "cut" immediately. Alternatively, provide new subscribers with the instructions to SEARCH e.g., S * IN listname SINCE TODAY or int'f to the WEB archives. /Pete Weiss @ Penn State End Reply