Paul was sayin' > And what do we find in the current issue of LISTSERV at work? An article > which > states that a list configured with "Subscription= Open" is configured to > use > "confirmed opt-in", and that a list configured with "Subscription= > Open,Confirm" > is configured to use "double opt-in". Did you miss the "Because this configuration is not secure from "spoofed" subscription requests, L-Soft does not recommend that it be used but rather that "double opt-in" lists be used instead" part of the story? Kind regards, Mike Yuhas folkdj-l