At 8:08 AM -0400 4/11/01, David Kelly is rumored to have typed:
I have a one large list running alongside several others that has ceased to synchronize the dist and accept files.... Is there anything I can check to see what is happening?
One can assume you broke the link between the two, probably by editing one of the files with some web-based editor that deletes and saves a file, or by using FTP to transfer one of the files in-and-out. I am assuming the dist file is the one that is being correctly updated, where the accept file is the one that "doesn't change" when a subscriber joins - to fix the problem, telnet into the machine, change directories to your list directory, and type at the prompt:
touch rc.lock; rm accept; ln dist accept; rm rc.lock
If things aren't where they should be, you can't access your list directory, you don't know what I mean by telnet, or you are dependant on some bizarre web-based control panel to operate your list, you will need to contact tech support for your hosting service. (Nothing personal, I just don't know whether you're running this on a machine you control, or a shared virtual machine.)
Charlie