On Wed, 16 May 2001, Dan Robinson wrote: > I would prefer not to have the listowner ADD start the OK procedure. In > my experience (limited so far) listowner adds are done because the > automatic system is not working for the listserver commands, but works > just fine for receiving and posting emails. I completely agree. I also feel that nothing should be mandatory. Many of the lists that are hosted on the Listserv I manage are used by people with little or no experience using computers. The subscription confirmation process confuses them very much. These tend to be lists for course instruction and it is essential that the subscription process be as seemless as possible. I am working on implementing automatic subscriptions for course lists, but in the meanwhile, it helps to be flexible with issues such as subscription confirmations.