This is an enhancement request, or least a call for discussion of
    an enhancement request concerning PROBE.

One of my list readers recently was probed and LISTSERV reported a
"probe failure".  It turns out he was away from his office mailbox and
had a "vacation program" auto-responding.  Because LISTSERV saw a
response from the PROBE, it was treated as a delivery problem. My
subscriber suggests ...

    "NOTE: The message ... which generated the something-is-wrong
    message from listserv is ... a standard unix vacation mail program,
    which DOES attempt to detect mailing lists -- by checking for
    precedence bulk or junk. If you have any way to change how the
    "probe" mail is sent, to use precedence junk or bulk, that would
    probably be a very good thing to do."

Any thoughts on how to proceed?

cheers,

Wayne T. Smith                             mailto:[log in to unmask]
Systems Group - UNET (formerly CAPS) University of Maine System