>Is there a way to restrict what changes a list owner can make to a list >header file? No. >Also, is there a way in LISTSERV to suspend list activity >so that no one can re-activate it other than the Postmaster? (HOLD and >FREE appear to also allow the list owner access to their functions.) Or >is there a *simple* way to do this outside of LISTSERV proper? If I was in a situation where I wanted to disable a mailing list and I didn't want the listowner to be able to do anything without contacting me first, I would define myself as an owner and delete or comment out the old owner lines. For instance if previously the list of owners was as follows: * Owner= [log in to unmask] * Owner= Quiet: * Owner= [log in to unmask],thirdowner@thirddomain * Owner= [log in to unmask] I would alter it so it looked something like this: * Owner= [log in to unmask] * Owner** [log in to unmask] * Owner** Quiet: * Owner** [log in to unmask],thirdowner@thirddomain * Owner** [log in to unmask] (This assumes I don't want _any_ of the owners doing anything.) Then I would hold the mailing list. There's nothing special about **, incidentally; you could replace the '=' in the lines you want to replace with almost anything. I chose ** because it's noticable and isn't likely to be used in other contexts (so later I can just do a find-and-replace on "**" if I want to revert the mailing list to its original state). Later on if appropriate the "Owner= [log in to unmask]" line could be removed and the other lines reverted to their original state. I hope this suggestion is helpful to you. Thanks, -- Jacob Haller, Technical Support L-Soft international, Inc http://www.lsoft.com/