On Sat, 13 Sep 1997 07:38:01 -0400, Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I want to send a probe immediately after subscribing them. Another >idea is to batch add the subscribers, but make them respond with the OK >confirmation before they get added. Can this be done? Couple of ideas come to mind. Batch add everybody then force a renewal of everybody for the next day (* Renewal= 97/09/14,etc) Let LISTSERV handle the errors. If you just want to probe the addresses and not require a confirm on them,, just add PROBE to the end of Renewal= line and they will only get a probe which does not require a response, instead of the OK-confirm-renew which does. or use your list and send out a Distribute job with a request to confirm. Or do a 'status-kick': QUIET SET listname NOMAIL FOR *@* SET listname MAIL FOR *@* (This will send out a status msg to everyone, wait & see what bounces) You might reset Auto-delete down to only 1-2 errors, before you do any of these, then restore to something less stringent later. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Ben Parker .....(Oak Park IL -> Denver CO) ..... [log in to unmask]