>I am listowner of a fairly small (250), but extremely active (approximately 50 >messages per day) list. I use a method devised by Larry Jewell, listowenr of I'm always amazed by the varying opinions on what "active" means. If WORDS-L dropped to 50 messages any one day, we would all assume that the LISTSERV was stuck. I had to change the daily threshold from 200 to 300 a while back because I was tired of sending the 'free' command. (That was an unusual time period, though. The average is less than 200 a day.) > to the list phone book. They are told that, if their mail starts to bounce, I > shall notify them by telephone. If I don't have a telephone number to call, This could get pretty expensive if you have very many address problems with subscribers in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, etc. I find bounced mail from Taiwan at least once a week. I also get a fair number of bounces from London. And some from South America. I'm willing to give my time to running lists, but I'm afraid that running up my phone bill on these mechanical list matters would force me to have to choose between continuing as listowner or feeding my dog. I love my lists, but... --Natalie ([log in to unmask])