I have question here regarding the discrepancy of some sort in mailing list. I am a subscriber of a certain mailing list serviced by listserv@ american.edu. When I send a command *REVIEW [log in to unmask]* the listserver ([log in to unmask])sends back acknowlegdment.. a list of 300+ subscribers on the list and some statistical data in it. However, when I post to the list [log in to unmask], the listserver would send (after some few minutes) me back an acknowledgment like this: Your message xxxxxx has been successfully distributed to 175 or so recipients. The number 175 is not fixed, but it is always less than the supposedly 300+ subscribers. Is it possible that the listowners has *inflated the total number of subscribers* to make it appear that his *list* is really 'huge' and got lot of subscribers? Thank you.. Ulysses