There are three separate and distinct relationships which an individual may have with a list: owner, editor, and subscriber. She may have one, two, or all three relationships with the same list simultaneously. By default, the primary owner of a moderated list is also the editor, unless an editor is explicitly specified. For the purpose of this discussion, assume that at least one owner and at least one editor have been explicitly specified in the list configuration. A list owner is authorized to add and delete subscribers, change subscribers' options, and change the list configuration. A list may be configured to allow the owner to post, however, the owner is not automatically authorized to post to the list, nor does she receive list postings. A list editor is authorized to post to the list, but does not receive list postings. A list subscriber is authorized to receive postings from the list, view and search the list archives, if any, and change some of her own subscription options, including those which affect message delivery (MAIL/NOMAIL/DIGEST/INDEX). A list may be configured to allow subscribers to post. If you want to grant posting rights to an individual, but prevent her from receiving list postings, make her an editor - nothing more, nothing less. If you make her an owner, she can add herself to the list as a subscriber. If you make her a subscriber and set her subscription to NOMAIL, she can change her own subscription to MAIL. If you want to grant posting rights to several individuals, it may be easier to create a seperate list, subscribe those individuals to the new list, then grant posting rights on the first list to the subscribers on the second list. One of our colleges has a number of student lists and uses this technique to enable faculty members to post to the student lists, without the need to add every faculty member to every list as an editor. For additional information, see: LISTSERV List Keyword Reference (Editor=) http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/owner/appendb.html#keyEditor LISTSERV List Keyword Reference (Send=) http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/owner/appendb.html#keySend LISTSERV List Owner's Manual (List Header Keywords ...) http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/owner/owner.html#2.4 LISTSERV List Owner's Manual (Controlling Who May Post ...) http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/owner/owner.html#2.12.6 LISTSERV List Owner's Manual (Moderating and Editing Lists) http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/owner/owner.html#6 -- Paul Russell Senior Systems Administrator University of Notre Dame