>Am a listowner for a non-moderated health professional LISTSERV run through >NIH. Despite intermittent warnings, and now a banner "NOTICE" at the top >of the each message asking subscribers to use FORWARD instead of REPLY if >they wish to respond only to the sender, we still get inadvertent postings >to the list. Naturally this all goes away if I decide to go with an >editor(s), an option that I prefer not to utilize for various reasons. > >Here's the question. Is it possible to add a LISTSERV option that once >someone tries to post a message, the server replies back only to the sender >asking him or her if they really wish to post to the entire list? Only >after they answer OK does it get posted. It seems to me the downside of >delaying a few messages if someone is not present to confirm is greatly >outweighed by ridding ourselves of this annoyance. My NEWSGROUP software >utilizes this as a default setting, and it makes a lot of sense in this >realm as well. Is it possible to creat this option? I gather you currently have either Send= Private or Send= Public set for the mailing list. Setting Send= Private,Confirm or Send= Public,Confirm will accomplish what you're asking for. Thanks, -- Jacob Haller, Technical Support L-Soft international, Inc http://www.lsoft.com/