List owners Postmaster at AOL To me, it looks that AOL users will have problems in my conference if the provider DOES NOT take any measures to AVOID the HUGE number of bounces due to: 1. disk quota exceeded; 2. unknown user; 3. users who do not check in; 4. users who do not pay their fees. In my view, AOL (and other .com providers, but mainly AOL) should have some kind of routine to send automatic SIGNOFF commands to lists to which the above user categories match in. As a matter of fact, I am somehow disgusted (yes, disgusted) with the relative frequency of such technical TROUBLE most AOL users create in the conference I manage. Factually, I allow AOL subscribers into the conference because a few of them are retired academics and scientists who like to be in touch and keep up with research advances. This is not my problem. It is an all-out listowner's problem and whether you like it or not, as you profit from the services offered by tax money and our hard work to keep those services going, you (AOL) should solve the mess your company stands for. Finally, a question: Why does this never happen with COMPUSERVE ?. Perhaps they have some routine which avoid the technical mess ?. Aldo-Pier [log in to unmask]