Actually if he wanted a measure of how many users there are on his list on the other side of the gateway, he could send a command to LISTSERV@FINHUTC, which houses all the digests, saying "REV listname (SHORT NOHEADER" and get a count of users on the list, for each of the peers. He would also have to tell the people who ask for subscription to direct their requests elsewhere, but perhaps the users would do it spontaneously if all the NetMonth-like magazines informed them of the new servers. Besides, only one server would need to be mentioned since V1.4b will automatically forward subscriptions to the nearest server :-) Very little to remember for the user, just ONE listserv address :-) Eric