Probably better than sending everyone a note and deleting them all is to use LISTSERV's Renewal service: Edit your LIST configuration file, adding in this line (if there is not already a Renewal keyword in your list, or if its current renewal date/delay is not what you want): * Renewal= sometimesoon,Delay(whatevernumberofdays) where "sometimesoon" is a date, yy/mm/dd, at the first opportunity that you wish to send out a renewal notice, and ... where "whatevernumberofdays" is a number of days delay between the time the renewal notice is sent and when the Confirmation must be returned/received by LISTSERV by the subscriber (or his subscription is cancelled). The default Delay is 7 days (if you want the default, just drop everything from the comma "," on). This ought to get rid of currently unreachable and uninterested subscribers. They'll be sent a default message that is relatively clear to understand. Or, if you choose to, you can edit the notice to be even more clear (make sure you grasp the "real" meaning of the default message's comment about "forward" vis a vis "reply"). GET <listname> MAILTPL (if there is one), or else GET DEFAULT MAILTPL, and cut out the section starting with: >>> RENEW1 ... down to but not including the next line beginning with >>> Edit the message to suit your needs, and add a line at the top: PUT <listname> MAILTPL PW=yourpersonalpw where "yourpersonalpw" is one you created by sending LISTSERV the command: PW ADD yourpersonalpw Mail the <listname> MAILTPL file to your LISTSERV You, of course, should be an owner of <listname> or LISTSERV admin. Peter R