>I also had several apparently bogus subscription requests. I screen our list, >since it is aimed at professional journalists, and frequently receive >inquiries from email addresses that don't appear to exist when I message >them for more information. what's the point of attempting a subscription if >there's nobody at the address? To make your life miserable?! to make the receiving site's system administrator's life miserable; to make the users at the receiving site's life miserable; to make your/there ISP's life miserable. Related: E-mail is not symmetrical. E-mail is not consistent. E-mail is not totally reliable. E-mail is not timely. Any procedure that depends upon total E-mail 100% consistency is doomed to failure. E-mail is dependent upon humans and human frailties. The net is constantly changing. Those changes aren't always good or well-done. -- co-owner: INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L URL:mailto:[log in to unmask] "This e-mail msg rated NC-71 -- age-proof req."