Thanks, Ben -- I didn't realize that 'silent' Probe is the default.

Sherry

At 1:10 PM -0700 12/27/01, Ben Parker wrote:
>On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:03:22 -0800, Sherry Beauchamp <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>>*  Auto-Delete= Yes,Full-Auto,Delay(2),Max(2)
>
>Unless you add  ,Probe(0)  'silent' Probe is not disabled.
>
>NPS.GOV has indeed fallen out of DNS for some reason, so these
>bounces are real
>and correct for now.  (presumably that domain will return soon, but
>that is not
>under your control or mine.)
>
>With a Delay(n) where n is greater than 0 or 1 (immediate delete) then if an
>error bounce occurs on one day, it will be tested the next day with a
>'silent-probe' formatted message.  If that fails, it will be reported as a
>probe-failure rather than a bounce, since that is how LISTSERV will
>perceive the
>error.