On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 02:31:55PM -0500, Barry D. Krawchuk ([log in to unmask]) said: > We recently switched from using LISTSERV on VM to UNIX. Our lists generally > are set with option SEND= Private or SEND= Owner to restrict postings to > list members or owners. > > I'm a listserv maintainer and was just surprised to be able to post to a > list with SEND= Owner, even though I'm not a Owner. This is a change from > the VM version where I had to subscribe first. As I understand it, as a listserv maintainer you're effectively a quiet owner for all lists on that machine. So if Send=Owner, you're there. > Is it supposed to work this way under UNIX? Is there a way to make sure > that the maintainer's cannot post to lists without subscribing? If you have, say, Send=Editor or Send=<specific email addresses> for those lists, that should work. Even Send=Private should exclude you if you're not a member of that list. -- Jim Toth [log in to unmask]