I have been checking the LISTS database from time to time in the last week in an attempt to find out what list would be the first to be assigned number 1000. Since the list numbers change as old lists are deleted, it was very important to catch the list just as it grasped the magic number, as the demise of any mundane test-list could have deprived it of its title :-) The best is that it happened just while I was stopping LISTSERV@CEARN to install the new version of the code I had just put the final touch to on my test LISTSERV. A file from IRLEARN popped up in the reader of LISTSERV during the CARD LOAD, and was executed just as I rebooted with the new code, entering two new lists in the database for a grand total of just 1000. Of course, this number doesn't mean much as list numbers may be different from one server to the other. Well, MARIST, BNANDP11, HEARN and DEARN agree with CEARN, whereas MAINE thinks DIABETES is the 1000th and HEALTH-L is the 1001th, but it seems to be the only one in this case (I couldn't check the other ones). By the way this is a good test of the synchronization routines: the 5 servers listed above all have exactly 1000 lists and agree on who is number 1000 - it seems to be working even better than I would have expected :-) Well I guess the owners of HEALTH-L are entitled to a free (mug of beer|cup of tea|barrel of vodka|glass of water) - choose one according to your religious convictions - the next time we meet. Ooops, I realize I forgot to add a can of coke to my list - let's just pray that Joe Chester doesn't see it :-) Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > index Ref# Listname Nodename List title ---- -------- -------- ---------- 1000 HEALTH-L IRLEARN International Discussion on Health Research > p all >>> Item number 1000, dated 88/05/05 -- ALL * International Discussion on Health Research * * Review= Public Subscription= Open Send= Public * Notify= Yes Ack= No Files= No * Reply-to= List,Respect * Notebook= Yes,G,Monthly,Public * Validate= All commands * Confidential= No * Mail-Via= Distribute * * Owner= [log in to unmask] Jill Foster * Owner= CARRICK@IRLEARN Kieran Carrick *