>Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I erred in complaining about being
 >able to subscribe, I know that I/we,one can do that.
 >
 >My complaint should have been that no one seems to be able to SEND A
 >MESSAGE TO THE LIST, which is what it is all about.

1) SEND=PRIVATE senders do NOT (by your * DEFAULT-OPTIONS= NOREPRO)
receive their own postings

2) the list is HELD (do a FREE listname):

Date:         Sat, 17 Jul 1999 08:49:16 -0400
From: "L-Soft list server at Capital PC User Group (1.8c)"
               <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Message ("The distribution of your message dated Sat, 17...")
To: Pete Weiss  testing <[log in to unmask]>

The distribution of your message dated Sat, 17 Jul 99 08:42 EDT with subject
"this is a  test" has been postponed because the  SENIORSIGD-L list is *held.*
No  action  is   required  from  you;  your  message   will  be  reprocessed
automatically once the list owner releases the list.