> It might be a *major* change in listserv, but a lot of the > flexibilty that we're asking for would be easier to implement if there were > seperate lists maintained of who received posts to a given list and who was > allowed to send posts to the list. There is a way to arrange this now. You could have your basic list be for read-capable subscribers, but also set up a 2nd list (let's call it LIST-2 for illustration) that would identify post-capable subscribers. Then you can have your basic list configured as follows: Send= Editor Editor= editor@address Editor= (LIST-2) If anyone on your LIST-2 tries to post to your basic list, their messages will go right through. Anyone else who tries to post will have their submissions sent to the individual editor. I am assuming here that everyone who is on LIST-2 is already subscribed to the basic list, so that they will receive the basic mailings along with everyone else. Also, the existence LIST-2 need not be known by the readers. They might merely be informed that the list-owner has some technical means of distinguishing authorized posters vs. read-only subscribers, and inquiries about that policy might be directed to the list-owner. (I mention this because attempts to explain the set-up above to the readers might be unnecessarily confusing.) -- Roger Burns [log in to unmask]