On 27 Apr 98 at 15:07, Mark Drake wrote: > AFAIK, back when the gateway was working, the newsgroup was spam free, > since I used the listserv to moderate the newsgroup Well, as far as I'm concerned, it's not so much spam on the list or newsgroup that bothers me... what really turns me off of newsgroups is that the minute that you post to a newsgroup (or post to a list that is gated to a newsgroup), your address is added to dozens of spammer lists, since the spammers find the newsgroups to be such a great place for harvesting e-mail addresses. That's why I avoid knowingly posting to newsgroups. If a list is gated to a newsgroup, then that is more insidious because you don't necessarily realize that you're posting to a newsgroup when you post to the list :-( Francoise