On Fri, 5 Mar 1993 14:22 EST, Bill Verity <WHV@PSUVM> wrote that a user from KENTVMS is getting an "access control violation" against the 'GOVDOC-L@PSUVM' mailing-list. The list-definition shows: * Subscription= open * Notebook= Yes,X1/305,Weekly,Private ^^^^^^^ Thus, only "subscribers" can access the archives! So, tell the user to 'SUBSCRIBE GOVDOC-L' and then 'SET GOVDOC-L NOMAIL', and then retry the LDBASE command. P.S. 'STAT-L@MCGILL1' is another "private-archives" list.