Let me put it this way. If this act passes, the Internet as we know it, and AOL, CompuServe and others, are dead. So, I wouldn't really worry about what it means for mailing lists. The only viable option is for this act not to become law, and it looks like there are billions of dollars if legal muscle ready to be unleashed if it does. Incidentally, I find the part about "foreign" communication very interesting. It appears that the US has now decided that it has jurisdiction over the entire world :-) As far as mailing lists are concerned, it also appears that a foreigner happily posting to a foreign list in a foreign country would have the responsibility to obtain a list of all the subscribers and see if by any chance one of them might not be from the US, and if so further check that such subscribers are not under 18. Otherwise, by posting to this foreign list he would become a criminal in the US. I am sure the lawyers who are going to have to fight this case will find this very interesting :-) Eric