>On Wed, 25 Jan 1995 [log in to unmask] said: > > >> at present there are over 1200 on the >> list). > >If over 1200 people have signed onto museum-l, why is it that the server >reports that museum-l messages have been distributed to only 800 some-odd >members? Is it because 400 people have set the "no mail" option? Robert, My guess is that the reason you get the confirmation that a posting was distributed to 800+ members is because of several factors including the "no mail" option. Many people have the mail option set to "digest". --john chadwick [log in to unmask]