On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Ben Parker wrote: >On Mon, 7 Jun 1999 19:35:20 -0500, Dennis Budd <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >>and I >>still wonder, what is the default for the "auto-delete" parameter? > >According to the List Owners and Site Manager's Manuals, Appendix B >the default setting for auto-delete is: > >Auto-Delete= No if "Validate= Yes", Yes,Semi-Auto,Delay(4),Max(100) otherwise That specifies the default if the "auto-delete" parameter is left out entirely. It says nothing about the default if "auto-delete= yes" is specified with no subparameters. The list in question (that got no bounces) was also set to "Validate=No". I had assumed from the statement in the manual that you quoted above, that the default the other listowner would get would be "Semi-auto,Delay(4),Max(100)". When we observed different behavior from that, I realized that assumption was nothing more than an extrapolation on my part from the statement in the manual. If that original assumption of mine is in fact what L-Soft programmed into the product; she and I were using a 1.8d Beta, and what you write below might have applied. > >If you observed different behavior from this, and you were using a >1.8d Beta, it is possible there was an anomaly in your version. >Several changes were made to the auto-delete functions at various >times in the development process. The only useful test nowadays is >on the final production release version. If your site has not >upgraded, they should do so. >