Paul hit the nail on the head -- that is how we have configured some of our announcement or newsletter lists. /Pete At 11:26 06/29/2004 Tuesday, Paul Russell wrote: >You may be able to eliminate non-editor postings by configuring the list >with 'Send= Private' and 'Default-Options= NoPost'. Be sure the editors >are subscribed to the list, then set them to 'Post' and everyone else to >'NoPost'. With this configuration, the list should reject messages from >everyone except those subscribers who are set to 'Post', i.e., the editors. We also place the authorized editor/subscriber on REVIEW. Not sure if that is overkill, but it does allow any of the moderators the opportunity to APPROVE. >The 'Service=' keyword defines the domain(s) from which the server will >accept subscription requests for the list. 'Service' can be used as an >operand on other keyword statements, to define who may post to the list, >review the subscriber list, or access the list archives.