Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 21:40:19 EST
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Unbelievable!
Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

> Is there a reasonable way to check for the list being down...
> I have in mind something like checking the date on
> the archive in sun.soe.clarkson.edu:/pub/msdos/djgpp.

That's exactly what I did before sending a report to djgpp-request.  The
above directory contains the archives of the djgpp and djgpp-announce lists.
One expects at least a few unsubscribe messages to come through every day, so
if the time stamp on the list archives is even a day behind current time, and
it isn't Christmas vacation or something, there's probably something wrong.
Apparently the listserve software is so fragile that it can be killed by
a subscription request.