I recently sent a message to my list reminding subscribers to set NOMAIL when they are go on vacation or off to a conference. In my message I referred to LISTSERV asking them to confirm the command. On my co-listowner questioning that statement I tested it by setting my own personal subscription to NOMAIL. I was NOT asked to confirm. I therefore sent a follow-up message to my list apologizing about misleading them about the need to allow time for the confirmation process. Now the fun began. A subscriber wrote to me saying that the last two times she had set NOMAIL she HAD been asked to confirm. I therefore asked subscribers who had recently set to NOMAIL to let me know whether or not they had been asked to confirm. So far the vote is: NOT asked to confirm: 7 (including me) Asked to confirm: 2 Anyone have a possible explanation for this discrepancy (other than the latter two are confused about which list they were setting to NOMAIL!)? The settings for my list are shown below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Judith Hopkins, Listowner of Autocat [log in to unmask] My home page: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~ulcjh AUTOCAT home page: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/autocat/ * AUTOCAT: Library cataloging and authorities discussion group * * Subscription= Open,Confirm * Send= Editor * Reply-to= Both,Respect * Files= No * Notebook= Yes,/ssa/listserv/notebooks/autocat,Weekly,Public * Confidential= no * Mail-Via=Distribute * Renewal= Yearly,Delay(16) * Default-Options= Repro,Short,Renew,Review,Nomime * Daily-Threshold= 65 * Subject-Tag= ACAT * * Notify= [log in to unmask] * Editor= [log in to unmask],(AUTOCAT) * Review= OWNERS * Errors-To= [log in to unmask] * * Owner= [log in to unmask] * Owner= Quiet: * Owner= [log in to unmask] (Judith Hopkins, primary listowner) * Owner= [log in to unmask] (Douglas Winship, secondary listowner) * Owner= [log in to unmask] * Owner= [log in to unmask] * * Filter= Also,*postmas*@*,email*@*,*maiser*@*,root@* * Filter= database@*darkstar.rsa*,*info*@*roularta.be,*@*Rt66.com * Filter= *@*firebug*,*vortex*@*,*stumble*@*,*@*vortex*,*@*stumble* * Filter= *@*nebula.com,jimi@*netcom.com, *@*punk.net,*firebug*@* * Filter= *@atext.com,list-sub@*,*@*infoseek.com,*@*ixc.net * Filter= *@*.ea.com,*@*.iaf.net,*@iaf.net,*@ixc.net,autocat@* * Filter= *autocat-request*@*,*@*muhlberg.edu,*@*reference*,*@*goodprice* * Filter= *@*ropesgray.com,*@*sqn.com, *@*ripco.com,*@*iqtest.com * Filter= *@*findmail.com,txmail@*utexas.edu,*@*llgm.com * Filter= *dejanew*@*,*@*dejanews*,*@*ultinet.net, *@*.nac.net * Filter= *@*drew.edu * * Total number of users subscribed to the list: 3283 * Total number of local node users on the list: 0 *