At 02:37 PM 8/25/98 -0400, Bill Gruber wrote: >The *only* reason I don't have Subscription= Open,Confirm on some lists >is because we require a full name on some lists. LISTSERV used to refuse >subscriptions without full names... it'd be nice if there was an option to >turn off the ability to subscribe anonymously. > This is something I've never understood....the requirement for full names. Since I can put down any two character strings separated by a space, the requirement is meaningless, isn't it? Or if I say that I'm Dan Smith instead of Dan Lester, or any other thing I care to make up? What's the point? It seems particularly meaningless for the vast majority of lists in which no one but the listowner can review the membership anyway. dan -- Dan Lester, 3577 East Pecan, Boise, ID 83716-7115 USA 208-383-0165 [log in to unmask] http://www.84.com/ http://www.idaholibraries.org/ http://library.idbsu.edu/ http://cyclops.idbsu.edu/ http://www.lili.org/ Sent me a postcard of a library yet? You'll get something nice in return.