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I add a line to the list header:
* (remove at end of Fall 1999)
Then at the beginning of each semester I can look at all the lists and remove those from last semester. Actually I write the owners a note before I actually remove them.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kathy Montgomery [SMTP:]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 6:06 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: List expiration?
> >
> > Has anyone here successfully implemented a system of list
> > expiration/renewal at their site? I don't mean *subscription*
> > renewal.... for example, if a user requests a list on my server, I want
> > to be able to track the age of the list and then know after, say, 6
> > months, get rid of it. I find this desirable because professors often
> > request lists for their classes, which, of course, usually last only a
> > semester.
> >
> > I have thought of using a database to track the lists I create, then
> > generate reports to know which lists I can erase. However, perhaps
> > there an easier, "LISTSERV" way to do it. If some such method is in the
> > docs, please point me there. :)
> >
> > - Kathy Montgomery
> > LISTSERV Manager
> > University at Albany
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Bill Verity - 814-865-4758 Fax: 814-863-7049
Postmaster & Listserv maintainer
Center for Academic Computing, Penn State University
At the office - on my Mac, of course ;-)
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