Can someone give me a good reason why *any* LISTSERV list should not be SEND= PRIVATE? With all the spams that have been slipping through the new spam detector, the only safe way I have found to keep my lists spam free is to use SEND= PRIVATE. Of course, the spammer could always subscribe to my list and then spam my list, but I've yet to find a spammer who is willing to take the time to subscribe to any of my lists just to post a spam (in fact, all of my lists are SUBSCRIBE= OPEN,CONFIRM which adds an additional step to the subscription process). No anti-spam system is fool-proof, but having no anti-spam system (eg setting your list to SEND= PUBLIC) just seems foolish to me ... and is all but a guarantee that you are going to be spammed. (\__/) .~ ~. )) /O O ./ .' PATRICK DOUGLAS CRISPEN {O__, \ { [log in to unmask] / . . ) \ THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA |-| '-' \ } )) HTTP://UA1VM.UA.EDU/~CRISPEN/CRISPEN.HTML .( _( )_.' '---.~_ _ _& Warning: squirrels.