At 15:52 12/19/2006 Tuesday, Winship wrote:
>I tend to use the "Conceal= Yes" list header keyword so the list won't
>be listed in Catalist, which attracts spammers.  I rely on "word of mouth"
>to spread the reputation of the list and gain new subscribers.

Somewhat Off Topic but ...

Except for those users who insists, contrary to copyright, to create public web archives of a private list.  On one list, it took us six months to get one (ab)user to stop.

Ask.com or GOOGLE can sometimes reveal the existence of these pirate archives.

YMMV.

/P