> > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 13:09:00 EDT > From: Wayne Marr <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Topics= > > Our list, the financial economics network, has four > topics= WPS:,APS:,COM:, and EDU: > When defining topics in the header, do NOT use the colons * TOPICS= WPS,APS,COM,EDU > This morning, another colleague using quickmail at > Harvard is attempting to post to the list. We want > our WPS: subscribers to get the mail. > > However, his mailer is sending WPS- to the listserv > (1.8a) and we are getting the message distributed to > 69 people, when about 3700 people are on the list. We > know that the mailer at Harvard is doing this. > > Question: is there a short solution so that we can mail > to all of our subscriber without using a topics command? > > Or do we have to use WPS: or some other identifier with > a colon : Your help your be greatly appreciated since > the mailing needs to go out today. > Wayne Marr FEN [log in to unmask] Thanks in advance > WPS- is not a topic. It must contain the colon, i.e. Subject: WPS: whatever the subject is If only 69 people got the message, it might indicate that you sent it out as a non-topic (ie. WPS- instead of WPS:) and only those subscribers who have selected Topics=All or Topics=TopicX,Other (or some such) would receive it, assuming that all the others subs were set to Topics=TopicX with no proviso for receiving non-Topic posts ("Other"). On our lists, we have a topic called ADMIN:, which all subscribers select. e.g. Topics=WPS,Admin Then the administrators can send a message under the ADMIN: topic that all subscribers will receive, regardless of their selected specialty topic. Just a stab in the dark, but hopefully helpful... -- Bruce P. A. Dienes Beware the iniquitous Disk Trolls! Internet: [log in to unmask] or: [log in to unmask] or: [log in to unmask] or: [log in to unmask] BitNet: dienes@uiucvmd Phone: Home: 217-328-7720 (best) or Office: 217-333-3704 (msg)