I agree with ssandfort that a total ban on advertising on the list is a not-good thing. Commercial speech is still speech, and censorship is still censorship. Here's a possible win-win solution: on any commercial message, the subject header should say "advertising included" or some obvious words or abbreviations to that effect. This way, those who wish to avoid such messages can do so painlessly, those who wish to read them can do that, and one more potential for restriction is eliminated. -gg