On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Roger Fajman wrote:

> As long as we are giving suggestions to L-Soft for 1.8e, I have a few
> of my own:
>
> (1) Statistics on the usage of the server and individual lists.
>
> (2) Optional automatic deletion of old archives, with the retention
> interval specified by the list owner.  Disk space isn't the main issue.
> One reason is that it keeps taking longer and longer to rebuild the web
> interface, during which time LISTSERV isn't responsive.  Also, there
> are strong legal reasons to not want archives for some closed, private
> lists to stay around forever.  The Microsoft case is just the most
> recent example of stored email being used against its owner in court.

Both these options would be very welcome by me too! The option of setting
an automatic archive deletion would be a major plus in my environment.
Each semester, I get swamped with requests to delete old archived messages
from lists that are used across multiple semesters by instructors for
their students. Understandably, these instructors do not want old material
on their lists' web sites. I would love to have the instructors be able to
code a specific delete date on the "Notebooks" keyword to accommodate
their needs.