Earlier today, Douglas Winship wrote: > Below is the original message about the person who could neither > subscribe becasue she was already subscribed nor unsubscribe because > her e-mail address had changed. I had assumed she couldn't subscribe > because Rev. List Proc. does check the real names on subscriptions. > Joan Korenman doubts this is the case. Can anyone clarify this? The situation he describes is indeed puzzling--I'll leave it to more knowledgeable listowners to try to explain it. The one thing I can say with some assurance is that the problem doesn't involve the subscriber's real name. I say this for two reasons. First, I know a number of people who have more than one subscription to a list; they use the same name but different e-mail addresses. Furthermore, if listserv didn't function this way, people with common names (Bob Smith, Judy Brown) would continually be told that they can't subscribe to a list because someone with that name has already subscribed. Joan Korenman Internet: [log in to unmask] Bitnet: korenman@umbc