This threshold serves  two purposes: preventing endless  loops and making
it possible  for the list  owner to  prevent "surprise" flame  fests from
getting out  of hand. Because of  the first purpose, LISTSERV  can't free
the list automatically after a day without running the risk of restarting
the loop. If that behaviour is  really necessary, it is not difficult for
the LISTSERV maintainer to add a  daily event to WAKEPARM FILE with 'FREE
listname'. The  maintainer should probably  be notified if you  decide to
free the list on a regular basis  (unless you meant once a week, in which
case it is no big deal).
 
  Eric