>From: Nathan Brindle <[log in to unmask]> >If you're deleting a person for a bounce(s), why would you then turn >around and want to send them another piece of mail that's probably >just going to bounce, too? (For that matter, wouldn't you QUIET DELETE >such a person, just to avoid bouncing the "You have been removed from list >SUCHNSO" message that LISTSERV generates?) I'd say that roughly half the time when I delete subscribers for email bounces and send them an explanation, they respond and ask to be put back on the list. Sometimes a list distribute job runs on a machine which has temporarily forgotten how to reach a particular host, and direct email bypasses that machine. Rich