I suspect that "SEND=EDITOR, CONFIRM" will do nothing to change the way
your list is working, because the space between "EDITOR," and "CONFIRM"
should cause LISTSERV to treat "CONFIRM" as a comment, rather than as
part of the "Send=" statement. The trailing comma might result in an
error message when you PUT the list header. However, "Send=Editor,Confirm"
or "Send= Editor,Confirm", regardless of case, will cause LISTSERV to send
a confirmation request to the apparent sender of every message sent to the
list address. In other words, it will add an extra step and some nominal
delay to your current posting process, because you will have to wait for
and respond to the confirmation request.

As I noted earlier, this is "one way" to address the issue. It is not
the only way, and it may not be the best way for your list. Pete Weiss
provided other suggestions in his posting in the original thread.

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 17:49:00 -0500, Kenneth Harris <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Interesting suggestion about protecting a list from unintentionally
>becoming the distributor of a crafty virus that can disguise itself
>as a list subscriber or even a list editor.
>
>But it raises a question for me: What is the effect on the work of an
>editor of a moderated list, me, specifically, of re-configuring my list to
>require a CONFIRM  before I can post to my own list?   In other words,
>what will SEND=EDITOR, CONFIRM require me to do?
>
>Ken Harris
>Slippery Rock, PA

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Paul Russell
Senior System Administrator
University of Notre Dame