>This message concerns me. The postmaster at Baylor University removed >three members of FEN without prior notification and obviously used >our password. I wrote a strongly worded letter to them saying that >I did not apprecpiate this. They have s been readded. I do not >understand why a postmaster would take such liberties. I never did >receive a reply from the postmaster. >In addition, no error messages were being generated by these >members. What should a listowner do in such cases? and is this >common? Thanks in advance Wayne: Assuming that e-mail has NOT been spoofed, this is perfectly acceptable and useful. I, as a postmaster ("Network ADministrator") for users in my domain, have the right and responsibility to do so. NADs can assign themselves passwords on LISTSERVs at other sites and then do a QUIET DEL * userid PW=pswd to remove all subscriptions to a now-obsolete or inappropriate userid e.g., a list that is sub=by_owner could have been ADDed incorrectly by the owner. Why should the postmaster have to go through a dialogue with its implicit network delay to rectify a problem that he/she has to deal with? That of course is rhetorical. There are other reasons for NADs to do "things" to their users' subscriptions, and that could be the subject: of a separate thread. Though this caught you by surprise, I don't think it should necessarily bother you unless there are other unstated circumstances. -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L [log in to unmask] "The 'NET' never naps" +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA