In message <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes: <snip> > All in all, it was a lot less painless than I thought it would be...really fun > actually. We did discuss the confirmation thing and Jack does understand our > frustration with this. They are going to work on coming up with some kind of > solution. The biggest reason the list is the way it is is because of > "Spam"...and by running the list the way they do, IS pretty effective to > combat that stuff. Steve, I wonder if Jack and Hugo can tell us have many messages (quantity and percentage) are sent to TechNet _without_ confirmation i.e. spam, or people who do not understand the system? We would get a feel for the scale of the problem then. Peter -- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Peter Swanson Oxfordshire, England INTERTRONICS [log in to unmask] http://www.cygnetuk.demon.co.uk Suppliers of materials and consumables to the electronics & related industries ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################