On Tue, 27 Oct 1992 10:51:05 PST Phillip Sollins <[log in to unmask]> said: Note: There must be at least a hundred different pieces of software that CAN be used to gateway a mailing list to usenet. What I'm going to say only applies to software I know about and have experience with myself. > If he were to set postings to subscribers only, would that then mean > that usenet readers would not be able to post messages to the list > unless they also subscribed? No, because the gateway adds a 'Sender:' field pointing to itself to avoid that problem, and the gateway is subscribed to the list. This would mean anyone can post from usenet, while BITNET subscribers are restricted. The only way to have a non-public usenet group is to moderate it. You could still let BITNET subscribers post directly, while getting the messages from usenet sent to your mailbox for approval. Eric