Thanks got it! I will be adding this in with our next mailing! Tim -----Original Message----- From: Valdis Kletnieks [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:19 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Probe percentage On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:52:58 EDT, Kevin Parris <[log in to unmask]> said: > Now my question is, how do I change the "certain percentage" value? > Sometimes, such as when we bring over a list of email addresses from > other sources to add as subscribers to a list, I want to accelerate > the probing process to weed out the bad ones - but can't find anything > other than the 'Probe(days)' portion of the Auto-delete header option > that relates to this. > Please advise. If there isn't any direct way to set the percentage, > please add this ability to the wish list. If you want to probe 25% each day, just set Probe(4). Or more generally, just set "Probe(N)" where N is 100/(percent to probe per day). Probe(1) probes everybody today. Probe(2) probes half today, half tomorrow Probe(3) probes 33% today, tomorrow, and day after. You get the idea. In any case, you probably don't need to accelerate the probing as much as you might think, as *most* systems will generate parseable bounce messages that the auto-deletion system will deal with by itself. Probing is mostly helpful for dealing with systems that don't produce parseable bounces. Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech