On Dec 3, 2007, at 7:15 PM, John Cunniff wrote: > Hello, Everybody! > > I got a curious question to ask you. > > I am the President-Elect of the local Deaf-Blind Non-Profit > Organization, which is 501(c)(3) status. Someone and I would like to > establish a Board-related mailing list at the LISTSERV site. I know > there is a keyword which is CONFIDENTIAL= Keyword. I would like to > keep the Board-related list strictly confidential, and are NOT open > to anyone to join my new list. I know how to set the subscription > type, that would be SUBSCRIPTION= By_Owner keyword that prevents non- > Board members to join my list. They must be approved by me. I reject > them. Smile. My question is: If I put CONFIDENTIAL= Yes keyword, > what exact function would that do for my list? > > Will people who are APPROVED to subscribe to my list still be able > to view the archives? (Note: If I use the keyword the keyword > ARCHIVE= Yes... Should it be any problem if I set CONFIDENTIAL= > Keyword to Yes? Yes, provided they reference the list's web site via its URL. Confidential=yes simply hides a list's existence from those who would otherwise not know it exists. It has nothing to do with who can subscribe or access the list's archives.