>HISTARCH@ASUACAD is SEND=PUBLIC. Even without adding items to FILTER=, >SEND=PRIVATE would protect from such a simple technique (even leaving >SUBCRIPTION=OPEN: they should at least subscribe, before sending). One caveat: when switching from SEND=PUBLIC to PRIVATE or EDITOR, please realize that some subscribers who were previously sending and receiving list postings, will now either "bounce" go through the editor. Why? because e-mail is NOT always symmetrical. Thus a receiver can get his/her mail properly forwarded at an address different from their actual list subscription address. Remedies: resubscribe the user, add a NOMAIL subscription, or be a defacto moderator. BTW, I don't think the SEND=PRIVATE/EDITOR will help with NETNEWS gateways i.e., a spam of Usenet groups bit.listserv.* (please correct me if I'm wrong about this). -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L [log in to unmask] "My lists are w/o PEERS ;-)" s/me +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA