Hi Pat Wouldn't that setting be "Open: Subscriptions are added automatically"? Lynne Pat Asher <pasher@ee.net> wrote: > >One of the lists I admin is Freepages-Help, and people often try to >post to that list asking about changes re access to their existing >account, even though they are not current members of the list. I >usually respond telling them they must first subscribe before they >can post. Today, I found almost a dozen subscription requests in the >SUBSCRIPTION REQUESTS section of my list tools, even though I had set >up this list to allow new members to subscribe themselves, i.e. no >approval required. > >I searched my list tools to find the option to allow members to >subscribe themselves without admin approval, but could no longer find >that option and verify it had been selected. Why are new members >being effectively blocked from subscribing since I had no idea that I >would need to approve each and every subscription request?