Pauline Marshall wrote: >That is great, except when you run into a situation like I have with a >spare account of mine. My address is [log in to unmask] If you mail that >address, it will get to me. HOWEVER, listserv insists on subscribing me >as [log in to unmask] If, I were to request to subscribe, and you >were to mail me at the shorter address, it would get thru, and I would >respond.....you would subscribe me, and I would be in a possition where I >couldn't change my own options, or even mail the list if it is set to send >= private, and would have to whine to you to change every option when I >wanted them changed. This is what I want to avoid, with a confirm. With >a confirm, it would force me to use the @conman.zoned.net address to >subscirbe with, and things would be happy and joyful. > >See where this could cause problems....especially with moronic users? Much of this can be circumvented by the idea that I, as a list-owner, wish to have some contact with the people who wish to be on my list before I subscribe them. This contact tells me exactly what their e-mail address looks like, and it seems to be no different to how LISTSERV seems to view that address. My method of requiring a dialogue between me and my future subscribers before I add them allows this to occur with little difficulty, but if your list has a lot of turnover, and a lot of subscribers, it may be more effort to you than it is worth. As it is with my list, this is not an issue at all due to a small number of subscribers, relatively speaking, and thus little effort on my part to maintain this method. YMMV. Glenn