Actually, I miss spoke when I said recipients. All I really need is a count of members it was sent to. Like in the log. I do have access to that, but I was being lazy (and my boss wanted an easier way). Before ListServ we were using a .cfm script to send an email to the list owner (me) so I would get a message stating how many subscribers the message(s) were sent to. I have several lists to keep track of and it was a good way to keep track. ~Mark On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:07:09 -0400, Kevin Parris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Well, the LISTSERV log file does give a distribution count for each >message that goes out, but you have to go look at the log to get the >number (and be host-system authorized to access the log file, typical >list owners usually are not). And if there are digest or index mode >subscribers, the tally of those appears separately in the log at the >time the digest/index is generated and distributed, so you would have to >collect that number as well. Can't think of anything that is going to >cause an email or other notification to be generated unless maybe you >write something to parse the logfiles just after midnight and produce >the report you're looking for, perhaps. > >But for curiosity, would you mind elaborating on just what the actual >value is supposed to be, of knowing how many recipients there were for >any particular list distribution? > >>>> [log in to unmask] 06/24/03 09:43AM >>> >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