On Tue, 12 Nov 1996 00:00:31 -0500 Peter Weiss said: > >From time to time, I have communicated with all of our >site's list-owners. The results of such a communication >usually generates: > >1) bounces because userid and/or host no longer exist I file these and then go through and either nuke the list with the non-existent owner (okay, well, I "hide" it from LISTSERV) or contact the next co-owner to see if they want to keep the list up. If not, it's history. I also go through once a year and make the owners "renew" their lists for another year. No renewal, list goes bye-bye. (It helps in that we require all lists to have a local primary list owner...) >2) additional questions about the specific message (I guess > that's part of the normal communication process) Almost always. I know that when I don't hear, either a) I did a *fabulous* job of telling them something or b) they don't care in the least. Neither scenario has happened yet. *grin* >3) questions as to why I e-mailed the message to them, > even though it had a preface that indicated it was > to ALL list-owners hosted by the site (some list-owners > are unaware that they are list-owners) I've only had this happen once. A faculty member who had agreed to sponsor a list for a student organization (and I had the signed request in my files). >4) unrelated questions to me just because I "opened" the > door to communications Always. But then I get those even when I haven't sent mail to all the owners, too. :-)