Thanks got it! I will be adding this in with our next mailing!

Tim


-----Original Message-----
From: Valdis Kletnieks [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:19 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Probe percentage


On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:52:58 EDT, Kevin Parris <[log in to unmask]>
said:

> Now my question is, how do I change the "certain percentage" value?
> Sometimes, such as when we bring over a list of email addresses from
> other sources to add as subscribers to a list, I want to accelerate
> the probing process to weed out the bad ones - but can't find anything
> other than the 'Probe(days)' portion of the Auto-delete header option
> that relates to this.

> Please advise.  If there isn't any direct way to set the percentage,
> please add this ability to the wish list.

If you want to probe 25% each day, just set Probe(4).  Or more generally,
just set "Probe(N)" where N is 100/(percent to probe per day).

Probe(1) probes everybody today.
Probe(2) probes half today, half tomorrow
Probe(3) probes 33% today, tomorrow, and day after.

You get the idea.

In any case, you probably don't need to accelerate the probing as much
as you might think, as *most* systems will generate parseable bounce
messages that the auto-deletion system will deal with by itself.
Probing is mostly helpful for dealing with systems that don't produce
parseable bounces.

                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech