STOP THE PRESSES!, Norma.

If there is any possibility that folks did not do a confirmed opt-in, you
and your ISP account may get into trouble.

BTW, before you send a message to that list, you should setup a test list
that has the same list defintion attributes as the production one.  THEN
you can run a test or two to make sure that the desired results are
observed by you BEFORE your customers.

In my mind, you really need to think long and hard before you press the
most dangerous key on your keyboard (SEND) ;-)  i.e., your questions
actually require alot of back-n-forth to respond appropriately.

/Pete Weiss,
Penn State

At 10:15 06/18/2001 Monday, Norma Harwood wrote:
 >Just a couple of "newbie" questions.  I'm setting up my first
 >one-way/announce list and it has over 10,000 names on it.  I'm scared stiff
 >I'm going to get umpteen thousand requests to be removed.
 >
 >1. Should a recipient hit the reply button on an "announce only" list, what
 >happens to the message?
 >
 >2.  Should someone choose to hit "reply" to remove themselves from the list
 >instead of following the directions and write the server, what happens?
 >
 >3.  If I send the message out to the list, will all of the responses as in 1
 >and 2 above come to my personal mailbox?  If so, how do I send a message from
 >the "list" and not me?