** Sometime around 19:13 -0400 9/17/98, Paul Wayper (DPI ISD) said: >As for Review= Owner, I'm having this debate out on my own list-owner's >list. I don't like the idea, as it stops friendly people trying to >find out who's on the list (and it stops you trying to find out what >address you're using to subscribe to the list. That can be a problem >if you use the web address, as many of our people do). Nope, I disagree -- it doesn't stop a friendly person from getting that information. It merely slows the process a little, and keeps him from accessing information that he -- friendly or otherwise -- doesn't need to see. The answer is that he needs to contact the list owner, and let the owner track down the info and get back to him. Yes, it's a little more work for list owners, but this is part and parcel of responsible list ownership. As someone who has all twelve of his mailing lists set to review=owner, I can also vouch for the fact that legitimate user inquiries are VERY rare -- requiring very little extra effort on the part of the list owner, but providing, in return, a MUCH more secure list environment. I have yet to hear a justification for permitting anyone other than the list owner to access subscription lists in non-closed environments. __________________________________________________________________________ Vince Sabio Boy & His Sabre: <http://www.insane.net/tsc/Vince/> [log in to unmask] Stop Internet Spam! <http://www.cauce.org/> Vince's Interior Decorating Tip #37 (collect the whole series!): "If it's not spaghetti, it doesn't belong on the wall."