I have a question which concerns the ethics of access to Listserv subscription lists (and for that matter, any other subscription lists). It would be technically trivial to query subscription lists of listservers around the world, pull results into a central file of names, userids, and addresses, and maintain the list as part of a white pages supplement to existing white pages (such as nic.ddn.mil, sh.cs.net, etc.) which could be searched from remote sites via the "whois" command or something equivalent. Has this been done, or is anyone planning this? From the white pages perspective, such a service could be "A Good Thing", since existing white pages services are currently dominated by administrative, military, and government users, as opposed to the average Jane and John Doe's of the network world. Of course, this would be rendered obsolete once more sites get local official directories up and running and attached to whatever Internet wide white pages services become prevalent. An equivalent database and query service has already been set up for *posted* Usenet articles received at MIT. But listserv subscription lists contain the names of many people who never post, and may never intend to. The acknowledgement received upon subscription to a Listserv group does indicate that it is possible to hide one's name from prying eyes; but most folks don't anticipate having their subscription information dragged into a world-accessible white pages service. Although I suspect most people wouldn't mind, it's those individuals who *would* mind that I am concerned about. yet another case of potential conflict between free access to information and individual rights... Jonathan Kochmer University Computing Services [log in to unmask] University of Washington