On Wed, 7 Dec 1994 10:12:46 -0500 "Lance A. Brown" said: >I am one of the listowners of UUS-L@UBVM and have been one for most of >a year now. Recently, the listserv started processing subscription >renewals and we lost over 100 subscriptions in a week or so. This >doesn't bother me at all, but I am curious as to how this process is >controlled. I did nothing to start it and it appears to be doing >renewals about once/month now. > >Can someone explain how the renewal system is controlled and how often >it processes? issue the command TELL LISTSERV AT UBVM GET UUS-L (HEADER if you're on the BITNET or send am e-mail to [log in to unmask] with GET UUS-L if you are not on BITNET. After you receive the header, there should be a line similar to the following in the header: Renewal= 6-Monthly,Delay(7) the above line will ask subscriber(s) to renew every 6 months, and after 7 days LISTSERV not receiveing the renewal, the subscriber(s) will be deleted automatically by LISTSERV. Dustin Fu :(817) 273-3666 Central Systems Support : Academic Computing Services :BITNET: C015FDH@UTARLVM1 University of Texas at Arlington, USA :Internet: [log in to unmask]