Forwarded message: From: Self <Single-user mode> To: Maureen Leblanc <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: hotmail, mailexcite, juno and other "throwaway" accounts Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 11:05:35 -0500 Maureen wrote, in part.. > Has anyone who is moderating list ever come up against this problem > of people subbing via throwaway account while posting from another > name/account? > > >1. Set yourself up a hotmail account (www.hotmail.com) under a > >dummy name. Subscribe to HWY61-L. Use the account for nothing > >else. That way you get the digests (or whatever you want). > > > >2. Post to rmd under your own name/normal address. (and later explained that the problem was with self-moderation).. In addition to the semi-obvious quiet add listname postingaddress set listname nomail noreview for postingaddress you might consider a complete separation of subscription and posting. I do this for groups of lists or for lists where a significant number of posts come from local redistributions (newsgroups). To completely separate posting priviledge from subscriptions, create a new list. It will have no postings and only you will add or delete subscriptions to it. In your old list, use something like "Send=Editor,hold" and after making yourself an editor "Editor=(newlistname)". Now subscribers can come and go, yet your posting authorization information remains intact in "newlist". cheers, wayne Wayne T. Smith mailto:[log in to unmask] Systems Group -- CAPS University of Maine System