On Thu, 13 May 1999 09:59:08 -0500, "Bassett, Peg" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >A subscriber on one of our lists recently sent a couple of postings to the >list and received two ACK messages back that have very different counts on >the number of recepients. These numbers also differ quit a bit from the >actual number of concealed/non-concealed subscribers. Any thoughts on why >these numbers vary so much? The list appears to be using TOPICS: so the numbers will differ according to the number of subscribers to each topic. In one case the 'CHAT:' topic, in the other case (since a TOPIC: keyword is not used) the 'OTHER:' topic. > >Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:27:05 -0500 >Your message dated Wed, 12 May 1999 23:17:03 -0500 with subject "Re: CHAT: >Born to copyedit?" has been successfully distributed to the COPYEDITING-L >list (1094 recipients). > >Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 00:53:54 -0500 >Your message dated Thu, 13 May 1999 00:53:53 -0500 with subject "USAGE: One >space or two" has been successfully distributed to the COPYEDITING-L list >(1137 recipients).