You should be able to use your system changelog to find out that information by searching for the list name from the bottom up. That should give you the date and time of the last time mail was posted to the list. If you periodically archive your system changelog, you can either combine all the archive files (or all up to the date that determines a list is too old) into one file or search each file individually starting with the most recent. If you have too many lists and the tasks seems tedious, use the script below assuming you're on a windows platform or translate it into another language if you're not. *******************************last_post.vbs***************************** Get_stats sub Get_stats() Dim Fldr, file, sfile Dim sFirst Dim last_time Dim fso, sfso, f, MyFile Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") set fldr = fso.getfolder("C:\LISTSERV\MAIN") set f = fldr.files for each file in f If Instr(file.name, ".LIST") > 0 then sFile = Left(file.name, Instr(file.name,".") - 1) Set sfso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set MyFile = sfso.OpenTextFile("C:\LISTSERV\MAIN\system.changelog",1,false,0) last_time = "" DO While not MyFile.AtEndofLine = True sFirst = MyFile.ReadLine If Instr(sFirst, sFile) > 0 then last_time = left(sfirst,instr(sfirst," ") - 1) End if LOOP If last_time <> "" then WriteToLog sFile, last_time Else WriteToLog sFile, "Too Old" End if MyFile.close set MyFile = nothing set sfso = nothing End if next set fso = nothing set fldr = nothing set file = nothing set f = nothing End Sub Sub WriteToLOg(list,ls_dt) Dim MyFileWrite,sLog Set logfs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set MyFileWrite = Logfs.OpenTextFile("c:\Temp\liststat.log", 8, True ) MyFileWrite.Write list & Chr(9) & ls_dt & vbcrlf End Sub **************************************************************************** **** Claude. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Yo" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:57 AM Subject: Last use of list query > Is there an easy way to check when the last time a list was used (i.e. a > message was sent to the list) under 1.8d? > I'm in the process of moving over to 1.8e, on new hardware. Before I > migrate lists over to the new box, I'd like to reduce the number of > lists I need to migrate by culling deadwood.. > > Any thoughts on how to accomplish this? > > Cheers > Sean