Mark Sapiro wrote:

>So the "2007" list is an umbrella list. It should be so indicated on
>its General Options page so that adinistrative messages such as
>password reminders for its members get sent to, e.g.,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] and not to the whole [EMAIL PROTECTED] list.

Correct.  It's an umbrella list, and I've changed that radio button 
to Yes now for sending reminders to the owner.

>Note that all the members of an umbrella list should be other lists and
>not individuals. Lists which have a combination of other lists and
>individuals as members are hard to manage well.

Also correct.  We have no regular users - just list names - as 
members on these lists.

>If you disabled delivery for '2007day' and '2007boarder' on the
>'2007' list, messages sent to the '2007' list would not reach the
>sublists at all.

That's what I was afraid of, and why I thought I'd better consult the 
experts here before doing anything like that!

>What you need to do is remove all the text from msg_footer on the
>Non-digest options page of the '2007' list. Then the only footer that
>will be added to messages will be the appropriate footer from the
>sub-list.

Great idea.  I've done it and when the next broadcast blast goes out 
I'll watch to see what happens.  I'm sure this will fix it.

Thanks so much, Mark!

Allan

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