On: Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 10:24:41AM +0100,Michael Quinion Wrote: } I shifted the WORLDWIDEWORDS list Auto-Delete from =Full-auto to } =No this weekend in order to find and deal with a number of } bounces that LISTSERV was unable to identify because they were } being forwarded from an intermediate address. That worked fine. } } What puzzled and alarmed me was the number of errors that } arrived in my mailbox, some 300 messages at last count relating } to about 400 bounces. These were nearly all "User unknown" and } related fatal errors. However, the daily error monitoring report } never lists more than about 25 addresses. Does this suggest } there might be some problem with the way I've configured the } list? } } The list is announce-only, with one message a week posted. I've } set the list to actively probe subscribers, with the setting } being } } * Auto-Delete= Yes,Full-Auto,Delay(18),Max(2),Probe(27) } } My understanding is that this should result in any bouncing } address being cleared down within a month. However, those } annoying forwarded bounces have been appearing for more than } three months. Again, does this suggest that I've set some } parameter wrongly? } } I also have } } * Renewal= 3-monthly,Delay(7),Probe The usual cause of this is that A is subscribed. Mail to A is forwarded to B, which no longer exists. B's site bounces to listserv who not having B as a subscriber, can't autodelete A. Another possibility is that A's site bounces the mail with a different address. I.e. A = [log in to unmask] and the bounce is from [log in to unmask] -- Rich Greenberg Work: Rich.Greenberg atsign worldspan.com +1 770-563-6656 N6LRT Marietta, GA, USA Play: richgr atsign rexx.com +1 770-321-6507 Eastern time zone. I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val(Chinook,CGC,TT), Red & Shasta(Husky,(RIP)) Owner:Chinook-L Atlanta Siberian Husky Rescue. Adopt a homeless Husky. Asst Owner:Sibernet-L