Help!  I am just sick.  Apparently I didn't do enough testing...

One of the lines in my bottom banner that I am just planning to install
looks like this...

** Archives and settings: http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/stutt-l.html

I click on that link and sure enough the archive page comes up.  I click on
"Search the archives" and the archive input page comes up.  (So far, so
good.)  Then I enter some search criteria in that page and press enter -
and it immediately asks me for a PASSWORD!  AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!   I never
saw this problem before because I am the owner of the list and - of course
- I have a cookie in my computer which has all my stuff in it.  But I
noticed this problem during a final test with a regular subscriber and the
LAST thing I want to do is confuse my subscribers by asking them for a
password.  If they are a subscriber to the list, they ought to be able to
access the archives without a password.  Why does Listserv let them go
through two screens before determining they are a subscriber?

Is there anything I can do about this without endangering the security of
the list?  I realize the necessity of asking for their email address
because that will let Listserv know whether or not they are a subscriber or
not.  But a password?  Isn't that a real overkill?  I can just imagine a
flood of requests asking about the necessity of a password and the
procedures for handling it.

I would certainly appreciate any help or insight into this situation.

Thanks,

Russ

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