I found this in the online manual about the renewal message. >Note that "active" users of the list (that is, people who post regularly to >the list) will never be required to renew their subscriptions, nor (if >subscription "probing" is enabled) will they ever be sent the passive >subscription probe. LISTSERV presumes that such users have valid addresses >and does not require a renewal confirmation from them. What is the definition of an active user ? Does he/she needs to mail at least once in the renewal-interval ? We have a renewal interval of 3 months, but I see that a number of users are asked for renewal although they have posted a few times during those months. I'm using listserv 1.8b (yes, brown.edu still hasn't upgraded ... I'm still waiting for the probing-feature ....) --- Jo Hermans, System Administrator DINF, VUB University, Brussels [log in to unmask] http://dinf.vub.ac.be/~jo/ Tel : +32-2-629.38.19 Fax : +32-2-629.35.25 Listmom (sic) of Blues-L [log in to unmask] or bit.listserv.blues-l Maintains the Benelux Blues Scene http://blues.vub.ac.be/