On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
> I'd suggest being careful on removing people after a *single* failed
> probe.  The *last* thing you want to do is nuke people off their list
> just because their server had a problem that was corrected soon
> thereafter (full /var/spool space, a corrupted database, system out
> of resources due to some *other* user having a program in a loop,
> etc etc ad nauseum).

For testing purposes, immediate removals are fine for what I am doing and
that type of behavior on the part of Listserv is exactly what's desired
for now. When I am finished experimenting, I will probably go with a 3 day
delay before deleting subscriptions on our production list.