> >The point was that
> >sometimes lists are not used for voluntary discussions where the List
> >Owner should have total access to the subscribership.
>
> This has been an internal discussion of late, i.e. having lists which people
> cannot unsubscribe from or change their options etc. (common in many corporate
> situations).  Our view is that such mailings should not be handled by a LISTSERV
> 'list' in the usual sense at all but via DISTRIBUTE jobs from a static list
> maintained outside the normal LISTSERV environment.  (Or via a LISTSERV list to
> which certain people have add/remove access but other people have only the
> ability to send messages when necessary.)  This can easily accomodate all the
> requirements of security, access, control, etc.  These kind of lists are almost
> never used for discussion but only for one-way announcements.

I see your point, but on the other hand, we make good use of the list moderation
capabilities of LISTSERV for lists like this.  We would not be able to do that
with DISTRIBUTE.