> << Long answer: you can also send to listar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, but in this > case, you'd also have to provide a "list context," so it's known what > list you want to perform the command on. So if you wanted the user list > for freelists-users (this list), you'd send the command "who > freelists-users" instead of just "who." > > > I have a question. Can anyone send that request and have it sent? Is > there no way to determine if the person requesting the user list is > someone that should have access to the user list. In otherwords, could > I send a request for someone else's user list and have it dumped back to > me? If so, that's not good. Matter of fact, that is very very bad. Well of course, that would be very bad, and that's why it's not allowed. Technically, someone *could* send that request, but by default, only admin's will get a successful reply. John -- # John Madden weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 2EB9EA # FreeLists, Free mailing lists for all: //www.freelists.org # UNIX Systems Engineer, Ivy Tech State College: http://www.ivy.tec.in.us # Linux, Apache, Perl and C: All the best things in life are free! =========================================================== The FreeLists-Users mailing list Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/freelists-users Administrative contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ===========================================================