> >As list owner, I thought that I could delete people and have them
> >receive the farewell file. What I found out was that the farewell file
> >is only sent in response to a "signoff" request. The only way to have
> >departing members receive a notice other than the default template is to
> >manually send it to them; of course, I could also edit the default
> >template.
>
> Drew, I don't think this is accurate.  I used a farewell file for quite
> some time (and plan to go back to it when I have time to do some drastic
> updating), and I handled about 90% of the deletions by sending commands
> myself.

Thanks, Sherry, for your response. Whenever I "DEL"eted someone they
never got the farewell file; however, when they "SIGNOFF"ed they did.
Why would that be?

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