John Thanks you for taking the time to reply. I did read the manuals and the help screens and believed I understood it all. Thanks for your suggestions. Stan In a message dated 12/15/2003 10:25:12 AM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > >Folks, > > > >I and another former alum manage two lists on behalf of my highschool, with > >some 1500 names on one list, and a small subset of this on as another lists > >with about 150 names. Our list is hosted at Whathelps.com, a listserv > > >Any advice would be welcome - example below for a list named ECOLINT. > >service. > > > >I am my co-manager are relative novices and have not mastered the mechanics > >of probing, etc. When an infrequent message goes out on the main list, I > >get about 150 error msgs. We get about 20 on the sublist. > > > >Fortunately, these lists are not that active, the main one has about 2 msgs > >a month, the sub has about 4 per week. The error msgs all having to do > >with email address problems. The obvious ones (for example, box over > >quota) are not an issue. > > > >But we don't seem to be able to master having the listserv eventually > >delete addresses that are dead. > > >Any advice would be welcome - example below for a list named ECOLINT. > > In order for the Auto-Delete feature to do it's job it must be set > according to the posting habits of each list. If set up incorrectly, you > either never remove bad addresses or you remove good addresses with > temporary ISP problems. > > For your first list I would recommend this: > Auto-Delete=Yes,Full-Auto,Delay(35),Max(4),Probe(5) > (or Semi-auto if you prefer) > > For the second list: > Auto-Delete=Yes,Full-Auto,Delay(15),Max(8),Probe(20) > (or Semi-auto if you prefer) > > The Auto-Delete keyword is the most complicated and misunderstood. Reading > and the understanding the manual on this one is a must. > http://www.lsoft.com/info/default.asp?item=manuals >