On Fri, 1 May 1992 18:31:08 +0200 Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]> made extensive comments that I have no argument with, including: > - If you have "Send= Private" but "Subscription= Open", you are going > to irritate people as this is not a very logical setting: it does > not prevent anyone from posting something, it just means you have to > go to the trouble of subscribing and then signing off. Since most lists are ongoing conversations as opposed to one-way bill boards I find this setting logical for similar reasons. Subscribing insures that owners can at least send posters info in the mailform concerning list purpose, FAQ's and etiquette. My main point is that as a novice I tended to respect the LISTKEYW MEMO defaults as prudent recommendations made by people who understood the implications better than I did and I found this one curious because it seemed to encourage people to post who weren't interested in the replies. I can respect that the other points you made may make this a practical or convenient default, but I think that at the very least its side-effects as a mailing-loop and bulk-mailing limiter could bear better documentation. As a listmaster the ITESCO incident has forced me to review the lists at my site, and to pass on the information to our listowners. -Kary