Sherry's and Ben's suggestions are fine. An alternative to jump-start your list next year by e-mailing the then current subscribers that you are deleting them from the list and they must resubscribe to join in on the fun. Thus, no "negative" check-offs, no automated renewal processing, but some number of one-time bounced e-mails. Make sure your REPLY-TO: for your one-time announcement is NOT back to the list. -- co-owner: INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L URL:mailto:[log in to unmask] "I get paid by the millisecond"