Unfortunately all they have to do is unsub and resub to defeat this unless you have Default-Options= NOPOST in the header. Why not simply moderate the list for a while? On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 20:59:15 -0800 Michael S. Johnson said: >On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Lance A. Brown wrote: > >> I [...] am considering stopping the flow of messages for a short period > >How about this: > > quiet set listname NOPOST for *@* > >Then, when you're ready for posting to resume: > > quiet set listname POST for *@* > > >Hope this helps, > >- Michael