At 05:02 PM 7/14/97 -0230, you wrote: >Thanks for the explanations, and the insight. I did not know that >someone could, for example subscribe anonymously to a list! > >I solved the problem by adding a routine to the script I use to approve >various kinds of subscriptions. Since I DO insist that people use their >real names for my lists, the script picks up the address that has the >no name message, and sends a polite note to the subscriber asking for >their real name. If they don't want to give it they don't belong on the >list. > How in the world do you know if it is their REAL name. Would I have to be Daniel W. Lester instead of Dan Lester? Would you know that if I said my name was Alphonse Kozlowski that it wasn't real? Or Bob Jones? Just curious. dan Dan Lester [log in to unmask] In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Erasmus, 1534