>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. Sherry Beauchamp ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sherry Beauchamp Social Science Research Network (SSRN) [log in to unmask] http://www.SSRN.Com Leading Social Science Research Delivered to Your Desktop Daily -------------------------------------------------------------------------