The Listserv owners manual is silent on this matter, but I have "by
owner" (singular) coded on one of my lists.  Normally I'm the only
non-quiet owner, but when I'm temporarily gone, and I make another
owner "non-quiet" as well, we both get the subscription requests
forwarded to us.

Dennis


On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Stan Horwitz wrote:

> I believe you would need to use the plural for all the owners, singular
> for just the first non-quiet owner.
>
> On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Michele Francis wrote:
>
> > Thank you very much.
> > okay, what about subscription= by owner
> > all owner or just the primary owner?
> >
> > again any help is appreciates.
> >
> > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Stan Horwitz wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Michele Francis wrote:
> > >
> > > > When the subscription-by= open
> > > > Does the subscription request go to the primary owner or to all owners.  I
> > > > am assuming the primary owner.  Any help is appreciated.
> > > > (only b/c of the errors-to=owner vs errors-to=owners differences)
> > >
> > > No, with that configuration, Listserv does not require any intervention on
> > > the part of a list owner; the subscription requests will be processed
> > > automatically and without question. If the list has "Notify= Yes" then the
> > > owners will be notified whenever someone subscribes or signs off the list.
> > >
> > > Better to put "Subscription= Open,Confirm" so that at least a confirmation
> > > is required before a subscription request is processed.
> > >
> >
>