> So just make sure that the lists start new archive notebooks weekly
> (daily?) and then write a program (script, macro, batch file, whatever)
> that will delete files older than a certain number of days and schedule
> it to run once a week. But if you are going to do this, you also have to
> make sure that you delete the old archives from all your backup tapes,
> make sure that employees aren't copying the archives down to their own
> disks or tapes, and that nobody is keeping hard copies. At that point,
> you will also want to install surveillance cameras all over the building
> and search every employee as they leave the premises. <grin> And even
> then you still won't get all the copies.

Yes, we can write such a program.  But then we, the LISTSERV maintainers,
have to get involved in setting it up for the list owners that need it.
There are reasonable steps that can be taken without going off the deep
end.