At 09:22 12/13/2000 Wednesday, Russ Hunt wrote:
 >I just tried to set LSTOWN-L to NOACK, and was told
 >
 >> > set lstown-l noack
 >> You are not subscribed to the LSTOWN-L list.
 >
 >But I _can_ post to the list from this version of my address (as you
 >can tell because you're reading this).  I'd always assumed that if I
 >could post to a private list, LISTSERV knew who I was . . .
 >apparently not.  Why should this be?

1) Email is not necessarily symmetrical e.g., you can subscriber from one
address and try to post from another -- this is problematic on private lists

2) the above message may mean

You are not subscribed to the LSTOWN-L list on this PEERED  list host

i.e., on a peered list, subscriber options can not be set at a site that
does not contain your options.