John

Thanks you for taking the time to reply.  I did read the manuals and the help
screens and believed I understood it all.  Thanks for your suggestions.

Stan

In a message dated 12/15/2003 10:25:12 AM Central Standard Time,
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> >Folks,
> >
> >I and another former alum manage two lists on behalf of my highschool, with
> >some 1500 names on one list, and a small subset of this on as another lists
> >with about 150 names.  Our list is hosted at Whathelps.com, a listserv
>
> >Any advice would be welcome  - example below for a list named ECOLINT.
> >service.
> >
> >I am my co-manager are relative novices and have not mastered the mechanics
> >of probing, etc.  When an infrequent message goes out on the main list, I
> >get about 150 error msgs.  We get about 20 on the sublist.
> >
> >Fortunately, these lists are not that active, the main one has about 2 msgs
> >a month, the sub has about 4 per week.  The error msgs all having to do
> >with email address problems.  The obvious ones (for example, box over
> >quota) are not an issue.
> >
> >But we don't seem to be able to master having the listserv eventually
> >delete addresses that are dead.
>
> >Any advice would be welcome  - example below for a list named ECOLINT.
>
> In order for the Auto-Delete feature to do it's job it must be set
> according to the posting habits of each list. If set up incorrectly, you
> either never remove bad addresses or you remove good addresses with
> temporary ISP problems.
>
> For your first list I would recommend this:
> Auto-Delete=Yes,Full-Auto,Delay(35),Max(4),Probe(5)
> (or Semi-auto if you prefer)
>
> For the second list:
> Auto-Delete=Yes,Full-Auto,Delay(15),Max(8),Probe(20)
> (or Semi-auto if you prefer)
>
> The Auto-Delete keyword is the most complicated and misunderstood. Reading
> and the understanding the manual on this one is a must.
> http://www.lsoft.com/info/default.asp?item=manuals
>