On Thu, 18 May 2000 13:32:43 EDT, Lynne Seamans <[log in to unmask]> said: > Is there a way to require listowner approval > for unsubscribing? We know we can require > owner approval for subscribing but We have > lists for lab consultants we want to > make sure they stay on. "If you unsubscribe, and your failure to read something we posted to the list causes a problem, you won't be hired next year". That's usually pretty effective. Work-study students in their last semester often require a baseball bat as a secondary motivating device. ;) Actually, this is just a special case of the fact that in general, it is very difficult to create a technical solution for a social problem. The *real* issue isn't "We want to make sure they stay on the list". What you probably actually care about is that they actually *READ* and *COMPREHEND* important information posted to the list. And unfortunately, there's no good way to handle this - the same type of people that are probably the problem unsubscribers are the ones who will eventually figure out how to set their Eudora/Outlook/whatever to filter unwanted mail to the bit bucket... -- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech