On Mon, 18 May 1998 11:26:14 -0400 Emily Peckman said: >It has been decided as a matter of policy that all the lists at my site >(current and new) have a Renewal= keyword (without Probe). For new lists, >that's not a problem. To modify all our currents lists (nearly 600) will >be quite an undertaking. (None of the current lists have a Renewal= >keyword). > > >I should say that my site is at a University (we just finished final exams >last week) where the Spring semester is just coming to an end. I am >tempted to do this soon because I'm afraid that this change will have a >more negative impact if I do it during the Summer when students and >faculty may not be checking e-mail often (or at all). > >My idea is to set Renewal= 6-monthly,Delay(10). This seems to be what >will work best for a semester cycle (some of our lists are for classes). >If any of you have better options, please let me know. We are using 1.8c >for Unix. I would suggest you reconsider the Probe option. It will keep people by default, rather than losing people by default, which seems to be the basis of your concern. > >Thanks for your input, > >Emily Peckman /ahw