I have quickly come to the realization that I *did* indeed over-react to the PEACENET subscription. They appear to be a good organization with good intentions. Moreover, gatewaying lists without contacting the list owners seems to be a standard procedure that I was simply unaware of. However, I can't help but think that when a list is is set up with SEND=PRIVATE in their header, it is not appropriate for an organization to, without permission, allow their members to post through that gateway. I don't believe that that is what PEACENET does, so I'm speaking hypothetically. Such an action would remove a basic element of control from listowners and force them to take a rather heavy-handed approach in dealing with problem postsers. Does anyone know whether there are gateways that do operate in that fashion? Lissa Mosley [log in to unmask]