A problem has arisen which it seems impossible to trace, but I'm hoping somebody on the list has some ideas. Over the past few days a couple of dozen World Wide Words subscribers have reported that they have not received copies of the weekly newsletter for the past two weeks. I haven't had any bounce reports, they are still on the list, their e-mail accounts are working fine, and they swear they are not on any system that censors or bounces mail (this was my first thought, since newsletters often contain language that nannying corporate systems take exception to); the LISTSERV manager says he has not experienced any problem with the other lists hosted on the site. There is no commonality between destinations, which are on servers in several different countries. Solving a problem that can only be expressed in negatives seems not to be possible. But I'm hoping that somebody might have an idea! -- Michael Quinion Editor, World Wide Words E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.worldwidewords.org