On Dec 3, 2007, at 7:15 PM, John Cunniff wrote:

> Hello, Everybody!
>
> I got a curious question to ask you.
>
> I am the President-Elect of the local Deaf-Blind Non-Profit
> Organization, which is 501(c)(3) status. Someone and I would like to
> establish a Board-related mailing list at the LISTSERV site. I know
> there is a keyword which is CONFIDENTIAL= Keyword. I would like to
> keep the Board-related list strictly confidential, and are NOT open
> to anyone to join my new list. I know how to set the subscription
> type, that would be SUBSCRIPTION= By_Owner keyword that prevents non-
> Board members to join my list. They must be approved by me. I reject
> them. Smile. My question is: If I put CONFIDENTIAL= Yes keyword,
> what exact function would that do for my list?
>
> Will people who are APPROVED to subscribe to my list still be able
> to view the archives? (Note: If I use the keyword the keyword
> ARCHIVE= Yes... Should it be any problem if I set CONFIDENTIAL=
> Keyword to Yes?

Yes, provided they reference the list's web site via its URL.
Confidential=yes simply hides a list's existence from those who would
otherwise not know it exists. It has nothing to do with who can
subscribe or access the list's archives.