>I just received the following request from a potential subscriber.
>Is there something about this that I should be aware of?  Am I opening
>my list up to endless bounces, etc., or is this just the same as
>adding another subscriber?
 
It's not so much the "bounces" as the nature of the conversation
that results by the folks who have not explicitly joined your
list, but instead are surfing it somewhere else.
 
Sooo, maybe, maybe not, as usual, it depends on a whole "host"
of issues.
 
Unless you have had negative experiences with this, I'd
say "go for it" and see how it works out, just be vigilant.
 
You can always UNSUB them.
 
BTW, if you do ADD them and If the list is setup for
periodic renewal processing, you'll want to turn that
feature off for this userid:
 
QUIET SET listname NORENEW FOR gateway@host
 
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