On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:58:24 -0500, Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Other than simply doing a mass-delete of a userid@node when that address >is no longer valid, how do you "handled" the case when that userid@node >is a colleague and has died? E.g., do you do so QUIETly and perhaps then >edit the report and e-mail the list-owners (-REQUEST) why you have done >the delete; or perhaps you do a non-QUIET delete and await inquiries >(sometimes angry, either because the list-owner did not interpret the >auto-generated message properly, or thought they were the only one that >could affect subscription), etc. The use of 'quiet delete ...' suppresses only the notice to the subscriber; it does not suppress the notice to the list owner. Having said that, I would use 'quiet delete ...' because there is no reason to send notices to the dead subscriber. On those occasions when I have to manually delete a subscriber from multiple lists, I usually send a message to the corresponding -request addresses explaining the reason for the action. I believe that all our list owners know that the site administrators can add and delete subscribers. -- Paul Russell Senior Systems Administrator University of Notre Dame