On Mon, 8 Nov 1993 02:01:44 EST Steve Traugott said: >> one list where the limit is 300, and it has been freed a few times, though >> not often. >GACK! That's incredible. What's the topic and how do most members >handle the load? They are addicts! It is [log in to unmask] Perhaps like scotch or oysters or whatever, it is an acquired taste. MANY also subscribe and then unsub the same day. o-) Still others read it as bit.listserv.words-l. There are a couple hundred members, but as is case on most lists 90 percent of the traffic comes from ten percent of the members, the good old Pareto Principle striking again. Although words-l may be at the high end of traffic, many lists have over a hundred a day. NOVELL and WP51-L come to mind. cyclops Dan Lester Internet: [log in to unmask] Network Information Coordinator Bitnet: ALILESTE@IDBSU Boise State University Library Boise, Idaho 83725 In the kingdom of the blind, the 208-385-1235 one-eyed man is king. Erasmus. 1523