After several years of running other lists, I've recently inherited a list with a long, long history. I'm trying to fix it up after an extended absence/illness by the previous listowner. I've got a few questions, mostly related to "Why would anyone do this?" (This is intended to bring out some of your thoughts on the best way to achieve certain goals. I would like your opinions please.) I understand what each of the keywords *do*, but I'm having trouble understanding why anyone would set the header this way. The list is gated to Usenet as a bit.listser.xxxx list. (I've taken out the name of the list, just to protect the innocent. :) ) Here's the relevant header info: Send= Public Subscription= Open,Confirm Confirm-Delay= 120 h Subject-Tag= Listname Daily-Threshold= 100,5 Sizelim= 300 Default-options= repro,ack,editor,subj Default-Topics= News, Bio, KAL, Humor, Prayer, Announcements, Other SENDER= [log in to unmask] Review= OWNERS VALIDATE= YES,CONFIRM ACK= yes Renewal= monthly, Delay(14),probe Auto-Delete= Yes,Semi-Auto,Delay(5),Max(100) Newsgroups= bit.listserv.listname Digest= Yes,Same,Daily,00,Size(1000) NOTIFY= YES FILES= NO REPLY-TO= LIST,IGNORE CONFIDENTIAL= NO X-TAGS= YES STATS= NORMAL,Owner Mail-Via= DISTRIBUTE Errors-To= owners NOTEBOOK= YES, /listserv/archives/listname ,WEEKLY,PUBLIC [log in to unmask] Specific questions: Why would the list be Send= Public? (for Usenet purposes?) Why set everyone to editor as a default? There seems to be no way to moderate the list, is there? How does the usenet gateway post to the list? If someone were to reply to a Usenet post, does it just go to the list as a regular subscriber? (The gateway is set as editor, with no other special settings.) Aren't Files and Stats obsolete? I'm not sure I completely understand how the gateway works, but I'm thinking that the list should be Send= private, with the Gateway address set to Review, (That way, all posts via Usenet get sent to me for approval.) Also, no one would be set to Editor as a default, just a few would be specified in the header. (There are numerous "daily" posts, mostly under a specific Topic.) Thanks, Lou