Hello, More and more companies want to start a mailing list to 'broadcast = e-mail' information to large groups of people. Often times they will = already have a list of names and e-mail addresses that they will provide = to us to populate their mailing list. Before we will broadcast anything = we ask if the address list they have supplied are from people who have = asked to receive information from them. So far we have gone on the honor = system, however, we are becoming more and more concerned about potential = abuse of our mailing list hosting service by companies/individuals using = mailing lists to spam unsolicited e-mail addressees. =20 It is a difficult issue because businesses need to be able to advertise = to potential consumers who have e-mail addresses, yet on the Internet = consumers (for the most part) do not want to receive junk e-mail and get = spammed. At least with mailing list/list server technology if you do = receive unsolicited e-mail you can, (in theory) un-subscribe yourself = from the mailing list and stop receiving information (take your name of = the mailing list) or simply delete the message. My question for other mailing list managers/owners/hosting services is; 1. How do you balance the need of businesses to advertise or = communicate to Internet consumers using 'Broadcast E-Mail' or 'Mailing = Lists' while not infringing on the rights of consumers? 2. Should we as a mailing list host, but not owner try to police what = businesses and individuals are sending and to whom they are sending it? = If we do we could be legally liable? 3. Does anyone have any policies or procedures they use? Spencer-Davis Group