To be honest, I'm not sure how they are confirming.   The server sends out
an email message that includes a link which, when clicked on, sends the confirm
message back to listserv.   That much I know from the ones who have copied
the message they received.   If that in turn requires them to log in 
with a password,
then there is a problem;   but it is entirely possible that the ones 
I've heard from
anticipate needing a password.

But replying with OK as the body of the message has always been the 
simplest option,
it seems to me.

Bill


>On: Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 07:14:56PM -0330,Bill Schipper Wrote:
>
>} Subscribers on one of the lists I manage are complaining that when
>} they are asked to confirm their subscriptions they need a password,
>} and many of them seem to have forgotten their personal passwords for the
>} list.
>
>Bill,
>Are they confirming by email or the web?  Tell them to just reply to the
>confirm request with an OK, or just ignore it.  No bounce == confirmed.
>
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