Don't know if this answers your question or not.  This is how I have my
probe set up in the header of the list.

* Auto-delete= Yes,Full-Auto,Delay(2),Max(100)
* Renewal= 4-monthly,Probe

Where the Delay(2) means that it will wait for two days from the initial
delivery attempt before auto-deleting the person from the list, or a
Maximum of 100 delivery errors generated.  During those two days other
attempts will be made to deliver to the suspect address and if it makes it
delivered then it won't delete the person.





At 01:09 PM 11/19/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Yes, I've read the 1.8c docs thoroughly.  I understand how probes work, I
>hope.  I'm also used to the "traditional" renewals with setting the
>frequency of renewals and the delays for members to respond before dropping.
>
>Since the probe follows the auto-delete rules for deleting someone, does
>the "delay(xx)" have any meaning in a case where you've added    ,probe
>???   If not, can/should it be dropped from the statement?
>
>At this point I'm just adding the probe option, since that is what the docs
>show as examples.
>
>thanks
>
>dan
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