I close all my lists down to subscriber review.  We have had problems before of
subscribers harvesting e-mail address for spam....

Guess it depends on the list topic.  All of our lists are Corvette related and
is a prime source of advertising.

Glenn
http://listserv.corvettemuseum.com


"Jim Styer, Battle Creek MI" wrote:
>
> At 03:45 PM 10/25/01 -0500, Mike Yuhas wrote:
> >The intent is to curtail distribution of messages like "can someone
> >please tell me Douglas Winship's email addy?"
>
> Our list is closed to outsiders, but wide open among our organization's
> membership. Monthly, I send the list a rundown of new subs, unsubs and
> address changes, which I compile as I receive them. In that monthly message,
> I also tell them how to find addresses ... but they still ask ME for an
> address. That's OK, tho -- it's better than asking the whole list.
>
> --jim--
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