On Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:28:24 EST "Paul M. Karagianis" <[log in to unmask]> said: >And it really is personally embarrasing to tell people that we serve a >subscriber base of around 25,000 I, uh, think, based on the record >counts of the signup files, allowing for a overlap of single subscribers >across multiple lists which I derive from a gut feeling and "make fuzzy" >using the height of the Diet Cherry Coke in my cup at the time I'm asked >the question. I don't understand. The LIST SUMMARY feature has been available since (I think - I still have a backup tape of three to reload with data from this time period) 1991, and was included in the first non-VM versions. * List membership summary for selected servers known to * LISTSERV@SEARN on 3 Apr 1996 19:09:49 * * Number of lists Membership count * Nodeid Public Total Public Total * ------ ------ ----- ------ ----- * SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU 193 261 55607 58193 So, you've underestimated your subscriber base by a factor of 2 :-) Eric