It's "my understanding".that any 1-member list is.indeed "discouraged " esp if listed, but if hidden can be used for test purposes.
Otherwise these are to be deleted. It MIGHT be necessary to complain to support or Mark and additionally ask them/him to relinquish it to you. Eventually a.scipt to locate these will get written, no doubt.
Hidden lists make reaching the owner, "to buy it/etc," difficult as you must know how to create a ListName+owner@... addy. Not tough at all, but requires basic editing and thinking skills. I'd bet not 20% of the members/owners can do this...?
SO a ListName search fails, but the listname is "unavailable." Can't find the owner, so you cannot ask to buy it. So it must be visible, for all practcal purposes, and that trips the "not permitted" aspect. BUT I BET you'd have to Fwd the emailed.reply you get from the squatter to support/Mark and request the appropriate actions.
I had a.simar issue where the owner meant and tried to release it, which is to take a.couole months, but after 3 or 4 it was still stuck in limbo. I wrote support (presently they are only/mostly helping Premium owners - which I am,).and Mark was Jonny On The Spot.fixingbthings up.
It may have helped that I guessed the past owner who wrote ne a release, wbich I did not copy/paste, but Fwd'd, so it could be examined and seen to not be forged.
BillSF9c
