On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:35:54 -0600 David Young said: >> >> Being *totally* unclear why the user would acutally *want* only a >> 45 minute window on weekdays, perhaps the *right* answer here is >> that what they *want* is DIGEST? >> >> Can the original poster (who's name/addr I've lost) explain more >> about the *problem* being solved (45-minute window is the solution, >> so what is the problem?) >> >> Valdis Kletnieks >> Computer Systems Senior Engineer >> Virginia Tech >> >The reason they want it is because the list is used for daily >announcements and news releases from our Public Affairs office and they >want to be able to post the next days announcements in the afternoon, >but not have them actually sent out until the next morning so >subscribers won't get confused as to which day the announcements are >for. I've suggested digesting but they want to do it this way for now. >this brings to mind the hold saying; "Mine is not to reason why...". :) Even without seeing this, and find their rationale a little weak, I was going to suggest either manual, or automatic use of the command HOLD listname. Put it in a schedular package, or potentially even in Listserv's WAKEPARM FILE. That way they'll also get a nice little reminder that it is held, and they can override with a FREE if they wish. > > >Thanks to all who replied to my question. > >C. David Young >Academic Computing Services >Central Systems Support >University Of Texas At Arlington >Voice: (817) 272-3152 >Fax: (i17) 794-5796