The welcome file says that subscription to the listserv is a benefit of paid membership in the association. The header on the archives notes that they are only open to subscribers/members (although Listserv enforces this via cookies and passwords). The association headquarters staff "qualifies" subscription requests by checking against the paid-membership database. Listserv postings differ from email in that I don't usually email to over 1100 recipients. Now all these list recipients are members of the same association as me, but they may have different ideas about privacy--that's what we're trying to get at somehow. Shap -----Original Message----- From:Pete Weiss Sent: Friday, 02 April, 2004 12:22 PM How would this differ from permission to reuse when sending email *without* the use of LISTSERV? BTW, what does your WELCOME file say? Who "qualified" the subcriber to join? Anyone who absolutely depended on the agreement w/o a signature is asking for trouble. Also, accidents happen e.g., email is sent to the wrong correspondent. /Pete