Nate Tassler <ST001535%BROWNVM.BITNET> said: > Regardless of whether or not people can post through the gateway, > I just don't understand where you're coming from because your > list is set so that anyone can subscribe. Send= Private means > that anyone, once subscribed, can post, but if you allow anyone > to subscribe, why does it make any difference to you whether or not > they read the list through a gateway or by subscribing directly? > > If there were some problem with people reading through the gateway who > you did NOT want to post to the list, then maybe you'd have a case. > As it is, I just don't see why you fear a loss of control from > a gateway when you have just as much potential by having open > subscription. I don't mean to beat this subject into the ground, -- I'm done after this, but ... Yes, you're absolutely correct about the potential problems with an open subscription. However, I have the ability to remove individual subscriptions from hostile, compative posters. In a gatewayed situation where large numbers of people could post through one subscription, I would have to remove the entire gateway were I to have a problem with an individual poster. There's also a volume issue which I don't quite know how to deal with. I don't want a list with 100+ postings a day. I've made a point of *not* publicising the list in highly trafficed places (such as USENET) for just that reason. I understand that I'm on thin ice here, but it *is* a concern. Bye the way, is there any way to find out where a list is being gatewayed? Lissa Mosley [log in to unmask]