On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Anne Harwell Toal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I've had to take Attachments= No out of three list headers this week. Based on the context of this statement, it appears that you, as the site administrator, are making list configuration changes which could be made by the list owners. I know that, in the short term, it seems quicker and easier to make the changes yourself, rather than take the time to teach the list owners how to make their own changes, but that will change, as the number of lists increases by a factor of five or ten, and other responsibilities make increasing demands on your time. Sometimes trite cliches are true: give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. (Some might say he will sit in a boat all day and drink beer, but that's a different issue.) We have over 2500 lists and our guidelines for list owners explicitly state that the management of the list is the list owner's responsibility. With few exceptions (there will always be exceptions), when we receive a request from a list owner for a change that can be made by the list owner, we respond with instructions for making the change and pointers to the appropriate documentation. If the list owner has requested a change which we consider unwise, such as making the list "Send=Public", we also explain the inherent risks. Ultimately, however, we allow the owner to configure the list to meet his or her needs, as long as the chosen configuration does not adversely affect the operation of other lists or services. -- Paul Russell Senior Systems Administrator University of Notre Dame