Gene Glass asks whether other list owners have had trouble with inappropriate postings. It's happened to me 3 times: one subscriber was a compulsive crossposter and parasitized about 10 Lists; one was a follower of a colorful cult personality, now in jail, and posted social polemics; the third believed that my List should be hospitable to social and political activism, which is not its purpose. Every month I post a detailed definition of the List's purpose, with examples of kinds of appropriate and inappropriate postings. My posting emphasizes that a reply to an inappropriate posting, if the reply is posted to my List, is by definition inappropriate. However, subscribers are encouraged to reply privately and to continue discussions along lines that if posted would be inappropriate. Just now things are pretty quiet, but they neednot remain so. I deleted the perpetrators of the first two episodes described above. The List is gated to a newsgroup, which also receives the monthly posting. I am sending Gene a copy of it for his information. -Rafe- R.R. Ronkin, VITA Volunteer Volunteers in Technical Assistance <vita@gmuvax> or <[log in to unmask]> List Owner, DEVEL-L