We've had a go-round on this before, and the general feeling is that it is not a very good idea. I do know that my university does it for a faculty news list, but they use the following (probably from a perl script): - the list is set to notify the list owners that someone has unsubscribed. and that notice is copied to a file - at midnight the script scans the file for addresses that have removed themselves - these addresses are then added again, using "quiet" so the addresses don't know until they get more mail - the script deletes the file that stores the removal notices I gather there has been some acrimonious discussions involving people who have removed themselves half a dozen times, and finally confronted the person who manages the list, who has removed them manually. > Anyone have a down and dirty way of not allowing anyone to remove > themselves from a list, in other words blocking users from getting off a > list, and making them a captive audience. > > Kevin -- Dr. W. Schipper Email: [log in to unmask] Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4528 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7