Paul Russell wrote: > The fact that you cannot imagine a situation in which you would want to > prevent > subscribers from leaving a list does not mean that those situations do > not exist. Perhaps Steve is managing a list for an employer that > requires all > employees to be subscribed to the list. Perhaps he is managing a list for a > school that requires all students to be subscribed to the list. > Obviously, there > is no way to force subscribers read the messages from the list, or to > prevent > them from creating filters to delete messages from the list, but that > does not > mean that the individuals who ignore those messages will not be required to > know the content of those messages. The fact you can create a filter to > delete > email messages containing policy updates from your employer's HR > department does > not mean that those policies do not apply to you. > > This question comes up on the LSTSRV-L list from time to time, and > inevitably > someone will suggest locking the list, or performing periodic updates. > Neither > of these solutions unconditionally meet the requirements outlined in the > question. > Very interesting discussion, and thank you all for your input. I know there might be a way to circumvent whatever method is used to thwart attempts are made to force the subscriber to read their email, but again this is more of a human behviour issue and not a problem of Listserv itself. Anyway, I'd like to have a look at your list exits if I could, Paul! Thanks Scotty -- Steve Howie Campus Services, CCS University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2W1 "E pluribus Scotsman"