Sent that too fast! "Confirm: Subscribers need to confirm the subscription using an email sent to them" would also do what you want. Lynne Lynne <lklein@mindspring.com> wrote: > > >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?