At 14:38 8/12/2005 Friday, John Lyon wrote:
>> We are reviving a list we haven't used for a couple of years.     Is there 
>> a way to check for active / legitimate addresses of subscribers without 
>> sending out a "test" message?     I thought a probe of some kind that would 
>> return a list of addresses that return a non-delivery error message might 
>> do the trick, but adding "probe" to Renewal= only operates at subscription 
>> renewal time, not immediately.
>
>http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8e/sitemgr/listkeyw.html#kRenewal
>
>If you read the above info on Renewal=  you will see you have several 
>options. One being setting a specific date, such as  
>Renewal= 2005/08/13,Delay(x),Probe
>
>You could edit the PROBE1 template to be more specific regarding the 
>receipt of this message from an old list.


All true, BUT isn't that more or less a Rube Goldberg?

/Pete