Preventing seNNN wouldn't affect me since there aren't any numbers (NNN) in my name :) However, I see Eric's point. Mel Klassen suggests 'SERVE OFF anon.penet.fi' but that affects EVERY list on a LISTSERV and some servers do carry lists for which anonymous posting conceiveably might be appropriate. Possibly if the SERVE OFF command could be applied to specific lists? I can think of a few lists that could be seriously impaired by anonymous posters (if there are 2 million or so people with email addresses, sadly they probably represent the worst as well as the best of the social milieu--there are, no doubt, a few gay bashers and other seriously warped personalities out there, for example). Frankly, I don't approve of 'handles' much less anonymity (I was raised to believe that if you aren't willing to be identified with something you say, then you shouldn't say it). I can think of a few instances (a frank discussion about HIV, for example) which I concede are legitimate exceptions (social issues are rarely entirely black and white). On balance, though I think an anonymous server is a BAD idea. I hope I never have to mention that I told you so. /s Murph Sewall <[log in to unmask]>