I have seen the comments and are looking at the options.
Clark is correct all out lists have different owners all over the country.
It is controlled by one server. That same server is the web site.
We call them email lists for notice and discussion not unlike what exists on Topica or Yahoo.
It is all new to us (only 3 months) and I  help set up many of the lists.
Will get back to you all later for further help.
Just for a point of ref. I am dyslexic so appreciate step by step guides the basic the better (an idiots guide).
I am supposed to be and expert at IT but learning is visual or practical.
 Susanne
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Clark Pickett 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 1:32 PM
  Subject: Re: Security template - help


  As Charles Oriez suggests, our situation is entirely different than his.  Our
  lists are all related to people who are adopting or have adopted children from
  Eastern Europe, primarily the former Soviet bloc countries.  We don't have an
  organization, other than our list subscribers.  We don't have any paid staff.
  All of our officers and listowners are unpaid volunteers.  We have about 12,000
  total subscriptions to our lists.  We don't have any databases or membership
  lists to check against.  For most of our subscribers, their first contact with
  us is when they go looking for adoption resources, find our website, and
  complete our online subscription registration form.

  The subscription questionnaires are primarily to verify that the person meets
  the target criteria for the list.  For example, that the person is a
  post-adoptive parent if they are trying to subscribe to one of our
  post-adoptive lists, or that they are single if they are trying to subscribe to
  our list for single adoptive parents.

  Out of our 8 lists with questionnaires, only one listowner is currently
  responsible for 2 lists.  The other 6 lists each have separate listowners.
  Probably the highest number of questionnaires received in a day is 5, with most
  days far less than that.  So, volume is not an issue.

  As I read Susanne Lamido's original message, it sounded like her situation was
  more similar to ours than to Charles'.  That is why I was suggesting our model
  to her and explaining how we had the commands configured in the ADDREQ1
  template, which is what she seemed to be asking.

  Best wishes,

  Clark Pickett <[log in to unmask]>
  Co-Administrator, EEAC Web Site and mailing lists
  http://www.eeadopt.org



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