Tue, 15 Oct 1996 19:48:43 +0200
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The OK mechanism is somewhat resource intensive when used in large doses.
Nothing to worry about for everyday use, but the day you do a renewal on
a list with 500,000 subscribers (with 500,000 cookies that will all
expire at the same time), things might be different. I expect that with
1.8c most people will switch to passive renewal, which doesn't require
the recipient to do anything to stay on the list and also allows the
elimination of all bounces. The main reason for using active renewal
would be to select users who know the name of the list they are reading
every day and who have enough technical skills to understand how to
compose a new message and type the word CONFIRM followed by the name of
the list. It really depends on the list, for instance if there are people
on THIS list who don't know what LSTOWN-L is or how to send a new mail
message, I would view auto-kicking as a feature. On a marketing or
grant-related list where head count is everything, I would probably view
any form of renewal as undesirable.
Eric
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