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WiscList - Retention of Unused Lists

In an effort to more effectively allocate available system resources the WiscList service will be adopting a policy and process to remove unused or abandoned lists.

Unused lists can impact overall system performance, count negatively against our existing license agreement, and can expose remaining list members to additional bulk mail and viruses. These measures will ensure quality performance can continue for active lists and list members.

The list and/or site administrator(s) of record will be notified that we believe a particular list to no longer be in use for any list that has not received at least one legitimate message in a 13 month period. Legitimate is defined as any message delivered to list members that has not been rated as bulk mail by the WiscMail spam service. Once notification has been sent administrators will have 2 weeks to remove the list from the cleanup process. Removal simply requires a message to be posted to the list in question. Lists remaining inactive after 2 weeks will be disabled and scheduled for deletion at the conclusion of another 2 week period.

Please contact the DoIT Help Desk at 264-HELP or help@doit.wisc.edu if you have comments, concerns, or questions.

For more information on WiscList policies, please visit http://www.doit.wisc.edu/lists/wisclist/index.asp.