I never saw anyone say they didn't want to "work" or respond to legitimate admin messages --- only that they were sick of receiving SPAM at their admin addresses. Pending requests are another matter entirely. No one should be writing TO the request address with anything other than commands to subscribe or unsubscribe...it isn't a place for communicating with the admin. That is one reason I have those emails discarded. Joan In a message dated 7/31/2012 6:32:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pleblan@aim.com writes: Pig Yes Thank you I went right back on. It was a general question because the discussion had got to the point where people did not want to work pending or -Admin messages. unfortunately I could not resubscribe to about 20 other lists. I have as today got back to all of them except one. Paul