Pete Weiss wrote:
> In order to include the concealed subscribers (if any)
>
> REV listname ALL BY DATE NOH

Well, I never use the ALL as I don't have any CONCEAL subscribers.  For
a list set REVIEW= Owner (and all of my lists have that keyword setting)
the CONCEAL subscriber option is nothing but a nuisance to the listowner.
At least once per month I quietly change all new CONCEALs to NOCONCEAL,
on my lists.

In my experience, most people who set CONCEAL think it hides the
subscription from *everyone*, including listowners and host site
administrators, which it does not.  When it is explained to them that, with
a REVIEW= Owner list, only the listowner(s) and the host site administrator
can see the subscription/address, *and* that those can see the information
even if the subscription is set CONCEAL, they don't quibble about it.  They
unsub (they don't want *anyone* to know they are subscribed) or accept the
assurance that non-authorized people do not have access to the subscription
list and that subscribing to the list does not grant such access.

Of course, there is the irony of those adamant about having their
subscriptions set CONCEAL yet post up a storm on the list, from the same
address (how are you concealed?).

I, of course, do use the CONCEAL option for lists to which I am subscribed
where REVIEW=   is not restricted to the owner(s), and subscription is
OPEN.

Douglas Winship
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