>Is anyone aware of an interdependence between the Mail-via and ack options >in a list setup. Yup. > I recently changed my lists to "ack Yes" because users >complained that they weren't getting enough feedback from the server to >know if their contributions had been processed -- "ack Yes" helped. Funny, most users ask for just the opposite - less feedback. >However, Mail-via Distribute was then specified for one of these lists and >it seems that listserv is no longer sending the little statistics file >resulting from "ack Yes". Right you are. That's because the posting LISTSERV has no concrete idea of what the network load caused by a DISTRIBUTE job is. Since each LISTSERV along the way recomputes the path, the flight plan sometimes changes in mid-air. I suppose LISTSERV could add "to nnn users" to the "Your mail file has been distributed to the <listname> list" message, but it really has no way to properly compute the "link.kbytes" load figure. If all your users want is confirmation that their contribution has been processed, suggest they send a "SET <listname> REPRO" command to LISTSERV. That will cause LISTSERV to send them a copy of any mail they send to the list. It's ugly, but it works. > Thank you for your help. You're welcome. Ross Patterson Rutgers University