I must admit to being rather confused about the function of 'Validate= All commands' (which my list CLIMLIST uses). With earlier versions of LISTSERV, password validation was required for all commands that modified the contents of the list (e.g. SET, SIGNOFF). (CLIMLIST is 'Subscription= By_owner' so SUBscribe was never an exception to this for my list.) With the version I am now using (1.8a), subscribers can SET and SIGNOFF. What commands are subscribers _not_ permitted to use with 'Validate= All commands'? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Arnfield / [log in to unmask] / [log in to unmask] Dept of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1361, USA Tel: +1 614 292 7954 / Fax: +1 614 292 6213