> >put this in the header: > > > >Send= Private > > > >then only subscribers can post. > > Unfortunately for Randy's first proposal, this makes the list > unmoderated. No it doesn't.. surely Randy is aware that setting all subscribers to REVIEW.. and putting that in the default options to catch new subscribers would make the list totally moderated. All posts to the list by subscribers would have to be approved by the listowner(s)/moderator(s). and posts to the list by non-subscribers would be rejected with the "YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED.. " Since I assumed, perhaps wrongfully, that Randy was aware of REVIEW. ...Cleo [log in to unmask]