Peter M. Weiss +1 814 863 1843 writes: > >Yes, SHORTHDR will help. Man, it sure did. Header overhead went from 50-55 lines to 15 lines per message. On a moderately large list like mine (500 subscribers, 25-35 messages a day) that's a major savings. It speeded up the distribution of messages dramatically. I announced it to my list ahead of time, and no one has complained yet. So far, highly recommended for anybody concerned with throughput (and who isn't?). >So will DIGEST. About a hundred susbcribers are on the digest, but I definitely wouldn't want to kill the real time discussion by setting the whole list to digest. Or are you referring to something else? >If your server is >being dragged down, consider non-prime time distributions >(a list definition keyword). Effectively, a DIGEST distribution >can do a non-prime time mailing too. My list is fully moderated, and therefore I avoid primetime distribution as a matter of course. I do this to keep the server performance during the day acceptable to the people who acually own it. What I was seeing was major delays at 2am. The SHORTHDR change has completely revitalized the list and decreased distribution time to less than an hour, and sometimes just a few minutes. >Depending upon how chatty the list is designed to be, you >might consider REPLY-TO= SENDER,RESPECT. This will tend to cut >down on list distributions. As the list is moderated, personal messages are not distributed, period. Only items of wide interest, and exactly on-topic, are approved. I do have the REPLY-TO set just as you suggest, but that's so that I can set the Reply-To on messages I approve (such as for people asking for private response to a public question). Thanks for the advice, Peter. Dave [log in to unmask] http://www.classical.net/music/