>On Tue, 16 Jun 1992 13:17:01 EDT Paul Hyland <PHYLAND@GWUVM> said: > >>Isn't that what list passwords are for? What is the exposure that is >>greater than being able to modify and update a filelist, using a >>password, or to update files on a fileserver? > >We are talking about a different order of magnitude of damage here - >something that can get you to court and with a good reason. Allowing >someone to update a mailform on his own is equivalent to giving him the >logon password of LISTSERV. > > Eric I don't see what kind of legal danger you have in mind. I think also that there is a difference between updating the mailform of the list one owns and obtaining the logon password of LISTSERV. BTW, some time ago I was puzzled by the setting SUBSCRIPTION=OPEN and REVIEW=PRIVATE. I asked the list owner it about and got the answer that it is the consequence of German law. Can anybody confirm and/or explain it? JSB