>On Thu, 8 Dec 1994 09:35 EST, Peter M. Weiss <PMW1@PSUVM> wrote: >> Depending upon your (old) version of LISTSERV and/or the level of MAILER, >> non-existent bitnet nodes might not be processed via LISTSERV's auto- >> delete facility. Here is one node that no longer exists. I'm issuing: >> QUIET DEL * *@TNEARN >>for my lists (having confirmed that that node can't be "found"). >Why stop there? The following posting lists all the "deleted" nodes, >as of the most-recent monthly-update. Good Question, but I think I have some good answers: 1) if LISTSERV will do it for you, why bother? except for those (intermediate nodes) where mailers and/or LISTSERV aren't up to snuf; 2) unless one is careful in their analysis, they will delete users from nodes that have (or will have) a :newnode tag; 3) some nodes with :INTERNET equivalents registered will cause their FQDN subscribers to be deleted when the bitnet node is specified in the DEL. It has been my experience that I usually do NOT have to issue a DEL * *@bitnode (except for TNEARN because of a backlevel intermediate mailer). /Pete