Thank you. I’ve just forwarded that to my colleague. Should have thought of it – but the only live list I still own is pretty inactive, so I tend to forget about management options.





  *   Russ



From: LISTSERV List Owners' Forum <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Lawrence Finch

Sent: February 24, 2019 7:52 PM

To: [log in to unmask]

Subject: Re: blocking an address



Yes, there is; it’s pretty easy. The list manager should know how to do it, or can find it in the list owner’s manual.



The best way to deal with this is to force new subscribers to be moderated until they make a meaningful post. That’s just a matter of setting the list defaults to “no post”, then removing that restriction after a new user posts appropriately. This would also solve the problem if the recalcitrant poster changes email addresses.



Larry





On Feb 24, 2019, at 6:45 PM, Russell Hunt <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:



I have a colleague who is listowner of a list I like a lot. Recently a rogue poster has started posting weird irrelevant stuff (Spanish obscenities, as far as I can tell) – but he subscribes, posts a few, then unsubs. I don’t think he changes email addresses. I’m wondering if there’s a way to block someone from subscribing at all?





  *   Russ



Russ Hunt

Professor Emeritus of English

St. Thomas University

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