On Wed, 22 Feb 1995 08:09:49 -0500 John Buckman <[log in to unmask]> said: >What I'm proposing is a list-manager InfoMagnet which would let the >owner be, say 10 email addresses at once, and set all 10 of their >memberships to "nomail" Why can't you simply issue 10 SET xxx NOMAIL FOR xxx@xxx commands instead? Aside from the inevitable emotional reactions that voluntary mail forging is going to create, sending commands from the subscribers' accounts is just the wrong way to do it. There are mechanisms in LISTSERV for letting the subscriber know that he has been added, that his options have been changed, etc. These mechanisms work with the list owner commands, not when LISTSERV thinks the commands were issued by the user. Furthermore your procedures would not work with, say, "Add user" and closed lists. The user's subscribe request would be forwarded to the list owner, who would click on "Add user" and get another request to join, etc. For "Delete user", if command validation is in effect the user may be requested to confirm his removal and just let the request time out. I'm sure there are many other cases where it doesn't yield the desired effect. This is just not the way to implement it. Eric