From: (Bob Babcock) Subject: Re: Unbelievable! Organization: Kaleida Labs, Inc. References: <9401270112 DOT AA12706 AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp> Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu Originator: daemon AT talisman DOT kaleida DOT com Date: 27 Jan 94 02:40:19 GMT To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu Reply-To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson 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.