Thanks Kevin, Pete, Rick, and Russ for your input. It looks to me that this is something that lisetserve just doesn't do. Which is okay with me. I tend to agree with Russ, And will use his comments to help sell the point. Thanks to all.. John L. Mottl Network Administrator The American Ceramic Society 735 Ceramic Place Westerville, OH 43081 Ph: 614.794.5864 E-mail: [log in to unmask] ***** The following was sent from Russ Hunt with much deep thought and reflection ****** >Spending this much time trying to hamper spammers is rather like >destroying your domestic economy and society because you're paranoid >about terrorism. > >> I have users that don't want spammers to be able to get their >> addresses out of the archive... > >You can't stop them. Delete the spam, be grateful it's not paper and >using up trees and landfill, and be done with it. > > -- Russ > > > > __|~_ >Russell A. Hunt __|~_)_ __)_|~_ Professor of English >St. Thomas University )_ __)_|_)__ __) PHONE: (506) 452-0424 >Fredericton, New Brunswick | )____) | FAX: (506) 450-9615 >E3B 5G3 CANADA ___|____|____|____/ [log in to unmask] > \ / > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.StThomasU.ca/~hunt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ******* And that is what Russ Hunt said in 2K of a well thought out message sent on 12/11/01 at 2:45 PM *******