On Wed, 27 Apr 1994 09:34:36 -0400 Adam Floro said: >How does one "turn on" the "Digest feature". I know about the >SET listname DIGEST command. But this is being rejected by >LISTSERV for this particular list. And the listowner wishes not >to get involved in making changes to the list header. Is >it a list header keyword that I'm missing? Something like >DIGEST=ON or what? I can't seem to find anything in the >online documentation. :) Adam, Yes, it is a list header option. Fron the 17F release notes: The syntax of the keyword is "Digest= Yes,where,frequency,when,max" when digests are enabled, or then "Digest= No". The second parameter is a disk or directory specification, just as with the "Notebook=" keyword, or "Same", which means that the digest must be stored on the same disk as the list archives. The third parameter is either "Daily" (the default), "Weekly" or "Monthly". The third parameter is optional and specifies when the digest is to be actually distributed. For daily digests, specify 'hh:ss' or just 'hh' in the usual 00-23 scale (24 is also accepted for midnight). For weekly digests, specify a weekday such as "Tuesday". For monthly digests, you may specify a number from 1 to 31 corresponding to the day of the month when the digest will be distributed, although this is not recommended. The purpose here is to make it possible for digests to be issued at mid-month rather than on the first of the month - if you code a number larger than 28, you may not get a digest every month. Finally, the last and optional parameter takes the form "Size(nnnn)" and specifies the maximum size the digest is allowed to reach before a "special issue" is cut. Bear in mind that most unix systems do not accept messages larger than 100 kilobytes, so values larger than 1500 should be avoided. The default is to have virtually no limit - 10,000 lines. If is unfortunate that the owner does not want to make changes to the list header, as that is one of a list owners responsibilities. Does the owner give reasons for not wanting to do this? Steve ([log in to unmask] | [log in to unmask] | (716)645-3564)