> Thanks for your response. I'd like to be sure I understand >this correctly. Are you saying that if I send back to LISTSERV a >reply containing one word, OK, without the message itself, LISTSERV >will send the message on to the list in such a way that no one reading >the message will know that I reviewed it first? Pete Weiss helpfully >pointed out that the SENDER will be notified privately by LISTSERV, >but what about all the other people on the list? Will there be some >kind of prefatory statement, or will the message just look like any >other message that's sent to the list? I ask in part because On our list, any message that is OKed by the editor contains an "approved-by" line in its header to that effect. Both of these lines appear in a posting by John Smith: Approved-By: John Smith <[log in to unmask]> Approved-By: Bob <[log in to unmask]> I haven't checked this recently, but this is the way I remember seeing it. I'm not sure if this will look any different from the header in a list that is moderated. The line: Approved-By: Bob <[log in to unmask]> does not appear in a posting that was posted without first having to be OKed. I set subscribers to REVIEW for any number of reasons. Usually simply to keep an eye on a newbie who keeps making mistakes or to watch out for someone who has tried to post commercial announcements. We sometimes switch to full moderation for a week or two if problems seem to be getting out of hand. We certainly don't intend that any stigma be attached to REVIEW. Bob --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Ponterio | [log in to unmask] co-manager of FLTEACH | State Univ. of New York Cortland Foreign Language Teaching Forum ----------------------------------- http://www.cortland.edu/www/flteach/