>If the major .com outfits agreed to "bounce" mail from previous subscribers >or full mailboxes the same way, it may be very easy to set up a filtering >mechanism on LSOFT's end. Old addresses could be automatically deleted and >full mailboxes could be set to NOMAIL. When the .com people inform the >people whose boxes are full, they can add a line re: subscriptions may have >been put on hold and to refer them to a -local- area for instructions to >restart list MAIL. > >This would solve the ISP's problems with privacy and help the listowners >out at the same time. It would require cooperation and teamwork between >LSOFT and the big .com people to set a simple standard, and adjust it on a >need be basis. Maybe this would serve a good topic for the listowner >seminar being planned? This is already on the list of possible proposed topics (in more than one way)... it seems to be fairly high on a lot of people's lists for some strange reason. *grin* -Holly