Cherie said.. >As a result of the rash of spammers lately, I've changed my lists to send= >private, and I also confirm new subscribers to the list. However, this >means that only subscribers can post to the list, and I have several >subscribers who receive their email through distribution lists. This means >that they not be signed up under their own email address. Is there a way >for them to post to the list besides temporarily subscribing to the list in >order to post, or forwarding the message to the listowner (or another sub- >scriber) to post? Can they post through their distribution list? Instead of Send=Private, I use Send=Editor,Hold (also adding an Editor line of Editor=(listname)). This has the same affect, but allows you (the moderator) to use the OK mechanism. If you generally are able to allow non-subscriber postings through on a timely basis, this may be all that is needed for people that don't post much. The Subscription=Open,Confirm is important to catch many email forgers and the Send=Editor,Hold is important to catch content-deficient mail of non-subscribers. I go one step further. My lists have Default-Options=REVIEW causing even subscriber messages to be moderated with the OK mechanism. I turn this into a "moderate 1st post" policy by setting their subscription to NOREVIEW after their 1st message. A hassle with this is that I have to determine if the poster is a subscriber. If a subscriber, then I set NOREVIEW; if not, I ADD a NOMAIL NOREVIEW subscription for them. I have a question for the L-Soft folks: Let's say I have a list A with Default-Options=REVIEW, Send=Editor,Hold, and Editor=me,(A),(B), where list B is another mailing list. What if B was just for my moderation policy and not a "real" list. Could I institute a "review 1st post" policy by just ADDing the poster to list B as NOREVIEW? Basically list B would exist only as a list of addresses OK to post. (The underlying question is, would LISTSERV look beyond the list A REVIEW subscription to the list B NOREVIEW subscription and approve the posting automatically?). This would be a wonderful help to me, especially for a closely related group of 4 lists that I manage. Having one "REVIEW data base" would save me much time, I think! cheers, Wayne Smith The College Hockey Discussion List administrator Systems Group - CAPS BITNET/CREN: wts@maine University of Maine System internet: [log in to unmask]