At 09:50 AM 6/11/97 EDT, you wrote: >It can be handy for turning the list off for a period of time but not just >rejecting users' postings. For instance if you want to go on holiday but >don't have a substitute list owner lined up, you can simply HOLD the list >and then FREE it when you return. I think perhaps I'm not reading this right- are you really referring to leaving town for a week, and simply queuing all mail sent to the list, then unleashing it all on the subscribers (including the requisite dozens of "Why am I not getting anything from the list" messages) at once? Perplexed, Philo