Re: When does disgest volume number roll over?

["John P. Rouillard" <rouilj @ terminus . cs . umb . edu>]

In message <9405250134.AA10057@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, Software Development
writes:
> For a digested majordomo list, when does the volume number roll over
> and the issue number reset to 1?

Never.

> Or do I just do that manually in the list's configuration file?

Bingo, you got the joke. Basically there is no way I can determine
when a new volume number needs to be issued. It seems to me that there
is a limit of 999 issues per volume, but I doubt many people will allow
the issue numbers to get that high before issuing a new volume.

				-- John
John Rouillard

Senior Systems Consultant (SERL Project) University of Massachusetts at Boston
rouilj@cs.umb.edu (preferred)            Boston, MA, (617) 287-6480
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