On Mon, 18 May 1998 11:26:14 -0400 Emily Peckman said:
>It has been decided as a matter of policy that all the lists at my site
>(current and new) have a Renewal= keyword (without Probe).  For new lists,
>that's not a problem.  To modify all our currents lists (nearly 600) will
>be quite an undertaking. (None of the current lists have a Renewal=
>keyword).
>
>
>I should say that my site is at a University (we just finished final exams
>last week) where the Spring semester is just coming to an end.  I am
>tempted to do this soon because I'm afraid that this change will have a
>more negative impact if I do it during the Summer when students and
>faculty may not be checking e-mail often (or at all).
>
>My idea is to set Renewal= 6-monthly,Delay(10).  This seems to be what
>will work best for a semester cycle (some of our lists are for classes).
>If any of you have better options, please let me know.  We are using 1.8c
>for Unix.

I would suggest you reconsider the Probe option.  It will keep people
by default, rather than losing people by default, which seems to be
the basis of your concern.

>
>Thanks for your input,
>
>Emily Peckman
/ahw