At 15:50 09/21/2001 Friday, Kenneth Harris wrote: >Am I correct in believing that if TOPICS is to be enabled for a list >already in existence, the default for all the current subscribers >will automatically, without further configuration of the list >header, be ALL? That is, current subscribers will continue >to receive all messages posted to our (moderated) list until >they change individually their own configuration using the >SET TOPICS command. Put another way, if the listowner >wants ALL to be the default value, a DEFAULT-TOPICS line >is not necessary in the header. It is always best to start from a *known* point and leave nothing to chance or vagaries of LISTSERV(R) changes in default processing, list-ownership changes (which means that TOPICS may or may not have been used previously), etc. THEREFORE, QUIET SET listname TOPICS ALL FOR *@* [Of course TOPICS is NOT effective for INDEX, DIGEST, or NOMAIL subscribers.] I think the value of DEFAULT-TOPICS only affects new/added subscriptions. /Pete