I add a line to the list header: * (remove at end of Fall 1999) Then at the beginning of each semester I can look at all the lists and remove those from last semester. Actually I write the owners a note before I actually remove them. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kathy Montgomery [SMTP:] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 6:06 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: List expiration? > > > > Has anyone here successfully implemented a system of list > > expiration/renewal at their site? I don't mean *subscription* > > renewal.... for example, if a user requests a list on my server, I want > > to be able to track the age of the list and then know after, say, 6 > > months, get rid of it. I find this desirable because professors often > > request lists for their classes, which, of course, usually last only a > > semester. > > > > I have thought of using a database to track the lists I create, then > > generate reports to know which lists I can erase. However, perhaps > > there an easier, "LISTSERV" way to do it. If some such method is in the > > docs, please point me there. :) > > > > - Kathy Montgomery > > LISTSERV Manager > > University at Albany ---------------------------------------------------- Bill Verity - 814-865-4758 Fax: 814-863-7049 Postmaster & Listserv maintainer Center for Academic Computing, Penn State University At the office - on my Mac, of course ;-)