>Yes, overnight these names subscribed to the Bayou Area Government Documents >Discussion Group (BAYOUDOC@LATECH). I started to delete them but have not >done so yet. BAYOUDOC has only 40 subscribers and is mostly Louisiana >librarians. Yes, BUT one lousy SPAM can degenerate into another 5 or 10 more messages from your subscribers back to you and/or your list, and/or OTHER lists complaining about the message! Then if LISTSERV SPAM detection software kicks-in AGAINST your users who replied back to multiple lists ... well, you get the picture. There are a number of 2nd and 3rd order effects. File this under "a word to the wise ..." /Pete Weiss Penn State