I believe ADOPTABLE lists all are given a temporary password when adopted out and the new admin is instructed to change it to one of their choosing...if they didn't do it maybe many passwords could all be the temp one. BUT that doesn't explain why it worked on a list once but not again on the same list which I THINK was stated earlier? Joan In a message dated 4/11/2012 2:31:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, popsjackson@charter.net writes: That is a possibility. I had not thought of that. From: Paul L LeBlanc [mailto:pleblan@aim.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:18 AM To: popsjackson@charter.net Cc: listowners@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LO] A question for Jim Re: Scary glitch in system Could it have the password many listowners use when we transfer lists among ourselves. I have had two or three people use the same one. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message