On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Nelson R. Pardee wrote:

>Stan Horwitz suggests locking lists. The only way I know of doing that is
>to get a list header, or am I missing something? Can't a sophisticated
>list owner get around this (yes, I know most won't know how).
>
>And- I appreciate Charles Oriesz's suggestion about hold to find locked
>lists, and it will definitely be useful. However, anyone have suggestions
>on finding all held lists?

I do just that, I get a list's header to lock it. In all the years I have
done this, not a single individual has unlocked a list without asking me
why I locked it in the first place, including those who probably do know
hot to unlock it.