>From:         Nathan Brindle <[log in to unmask]>
>If you're deleting a person for a bounce(s), why would you then turn
>around and want to send them another piece of mail that's probably
>just going to bounce, too?  (For that matter, wouldn't you QUIET DELETE
>such a person, just to avoid bouncing the "You have been removed from list
>SUCHNSO" message that LISTSERV generates?)
 
I'd say that roughly half the time when I delete subscribers for email
bounces and send them an explanation, they respond and ask to be put
back on the list.  Sometimes a list distribute job runs on a machine
which has temporarily forgotten how to reach a particular host, and
direct email bypasses that machine.
 
Rich