In the message of Peter M. Weiss +1 814 863 1843: > > You also tend to alienate your subscribers who have to put > up will a mal-managed list, and who will tend to unsubscribe > from it e.g., like I have done to- and by- others. > > These things should be put into your decision matrix when > considering to confirm or not confirm (that is the question) ;-) > There are a variety of definitions of list management or mal-management. That's part of what the personality of each list is about. I try to manage my list so that the subscribers know what is involved with management, what I see in my mail box, the decisions and choices I get to make. I often forward service outage explanations to the list. I want to create a sense of ownership among the subscribers. And I don't use confirm, because *I* found it too hard the first time.