> The reasons are (1) most of the time, you're deleting a user because you > get a bounce, which may or may not be reported under the exact same > address that you used in the list and (2) the only drawback is that, in When I delete (or set nomail) because of bounces, I always grep the list of subscribers first and use the address as it shows up there. > the rare cases where you do want the two entries, you have to issue an > extra ADD command after the DELETE, whereas otherwise you would have to > feed the exact address whenever you do a DELETE. Thousands of people get > deleted every day, maybe 2-3 get dual-added. The decision is easy to > make. What you're trying to do is not normal, recommended behaviour. It The big problem is not being able to have one on mail and one on nomail. But I guess that isn't normal or recommended. :-) > >Oh for the good old days before our bitnet-internet equivalency was > >registered... > > Well, in these days you used to complain about the inefficiency of BITNET > and I used to remind you that most BITNET users do not have a UREP based > setup. Now you want to use your BITNET address because the Internet > address is slow. Make up your mind :-) Your rebuttal is much too civil. Where's the Eric of the good old days? --Natalie ([log in to unmask])