> >As list owner, I thought that I could delete people and have them > >receive the farewell file. What I found out was that the farewell file > >is only sent in response to a "signoff" request. The only way to have > >departing members receive a notice other than the default template is to > >manually send it to them; of course, I could also edit the default > >template. > > Drew, I don't think this is accurate. I used a farewell file for quite > some time (and plan to go back to it when I have time to do some drastic > updating), and I handled about 90% of the deletions by sending commands > myself. Thanks, Sherry, for your response. Whenever I "DEL"eted someone they never got the farewell file; however, when they "SIGNOFF"ed they did. Why would that be? -- Drew Krum - Computer Support Coordinator Chancellor's Office, UCLA <[log in to unmask]> 2107 Murphy Hall, Box 951405 voice: (310) 825-5693 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1405 fax: (310) 206-6030 Across the copper, through the hub, out the router, over the frame, off the bridge, into the fiber...nothing but 'net.