> >We have several "announcement" lists that are posted to only once a > >week or so. They have the default auto-delete value set > >(yes,semi-auto,delay(4),max(100)), so the owners will receive back a > >list of bad addresses being monitored. However, those addresses are > >never deleted, and each weekly posting simply returns the same list of > >monitored addresses. > > > >I think the problem is that the 4 day delay only works if there are > >other postings within those four days. If not, the monitored addresses > >are cleared after 5 days, and each posting begins the monitoring > >process over again. Is this correct, or am I misunderstanding the > >manual and monitoring message? > > That's correct. What you might want to do is something like > > Auto-Delete= Yes,Full-Auto,Delay(25),Max(3) > > That way any address that generates three bounces over 25 days (a bit > more than three weeks) will be deleted. Passive probing is another way to go. Something like Auto-Delete= Yes,Full-Auto,Delay(25),Max(3),Probe(10)