Um, folks, I'm not the admin, but let me point out a couple of things. 1) Unless the list is moderated (admin must approve *every* post), no, the admin cannot prevent a subscriber from posting something way off base when they've never been out of line before. Mindreading skills are not handed out to list admins. 2) When a problem has occurred, there are two correct responses---one from the admin, and one from other subscribers. Correct admin response: Deal with the offender *privately*. Now me, I've not seen the offender re-offend; I'm perfectly happy to assume the admin's on top of the situation. Correct subscriber response: Deal with the situation *privately*. Whether you choose to drop a note to the admin or to the offender, or both, it shouldn't be on the list. Any and all comments you make *on* the list about an off-topic situation are, by definition, part of the problem----now instead of one off-topic post, we have a whole *thread* of off topic posts. (How to deal with an off topic post is off topic, after all, except on listowners-L, which this ain't.) --pig, VAScott subscriber (where are those Purcells and Falins?) and Listowners-L admin On 8/4/03 10:24 AM, memorymaker@comcast.net shared this thought: > Can't this list administrator prevent such postings in the first place? > > > ==== VASCOTT Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >