Re: Purging schedules

[Tom Neff]

--On Friday, November 22, 2002 8:23 PM -0800 "Roger B.A. Klorese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Any time addresses come from an unverified source, no matter the
computer-literacy, social, etc. characteristics of the subscribers,
verification should be used.  I don't care if you verify by email,
telephone, or home visit.  A verified source in which consent has already
been given -- a club membership roster where the members have already
been notified that they'd be added to a list based on their membership, a
paper signup sheet at a street fair, etc. -- is a different matter
altogether.

It is a different matter, but an extremely common situation, especially with mail providers going under, growing lists needing better homes, etc, etc. It is important that list software provide some way for orderly migrations to be done without jumping through all the same hoops that a verification-fodder new member faces. And there are also lists that form and dissolve so quickly that extensive verification is unneeded.