C wrote: > > What is the purpose of setting "review" to owners? > Not knowing who else is on the list could cause some extremely > embarrassing situations! > > Trista Well, if just anybody can review the members on your list, then it makes life that much easier for spammers. Making the list REVIEW=private is one step removed and will avoid spammers who are lazy or are just using macros (I think) -- but if there are ill-meaning people in your "world", or people who have commercial intents, then all they have to do is sign up, get the list, and sign off. You can't always tell who is on your list by a list of members, you know. These days ISP's are cheap, and it's easy to have several mailing addresses. If your membership is nervous about having certain people on there, you might want to create a membership committee that does have review capabilities, thus limiting the "review" function to a few trusted people. In the end, there is no way to totally protect your membership. But I deal with a discussion list for people who are very ill, and I do whatever I can to keep them from being harassed. And it pretty much works, I think. Mary Schweitzer