On Wed, 3 Aug 1994 17:01:08 -0400 John Arnfield said:
>With earlier versions of LISTSERV, password validation was required for all
>commands that modified the contents of the list (e.g. SET, SIGNOFF).  (CLIMLIST
>is 'Subscription= By_owner' so SUBscribe was never an exception to this for
>my list.)
>With the version I am now using (1.8a), subscribers can SET and SIGNOFF.  What
>commands are subscribers _not_ permitted to use with 'Validate= All commands'?
 
To begin with the new format of the Validate keyword has changed.
There three levels now for this keyword. I would suggest you get the release
notes for 1.8a and read the paragraph explaining this three levels.
 
The other think I want to make clear is that users could always SET options
without pw verification.
 
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