First off, sorry to have written twice. Secondly, is there a way I can tell how my campus has implemented the Distribute Algorithm? Reason I ask is that I needed to email a campus-wide announcement. So, I downloaded the campus directory, extracted all email addrs, and pasted into the BCC field. I'm interested in hearing flames or sage advice for next time if this was a very bad thing to do. I knew enough not to use the TO or CC fields. On Wednesday, July 02, 1997 2:01 PM, Pete Weiss[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote: > The technical explanation is maybe: it is dependent upon a host of factors, > including the user's personal subscription options. There is an RFC that > describes the LISTSERV(R) Distribute Algorithm. > > Even if LISTSERV has all of its list subscribers receving via BCC:, one or > more batches (separate SMTP connections) might be established in order to > batch and spread the load. > > Finally, the internal (to LISTSERV) hosts across the network uses > server-to-servers mail with list of userids as body-of-text for final > explosion at the nearest (to subscriber) LISTSERV host. > > /Pete Weiss at Penn State > > At 13:39 7/2/97 -0700, you wrote: > |Somewhere, either in a forum such as this or on the web, I came under > |the impression that Listserv works by putting all subscribers' email > |addrs in the bcc field. > | > |Can someone give me a technical explanation of whether or not this is > |true?