As most of you know, there is a mod available to not send the message as a file passes through each link as it travels across the network. There has also been a lot of discussion about using of the MSG and CPQ commands in RSCS. I did a quick look at the usage of link lookups in my system yesterday, and the most common usage was for sending messages for MAILER. A little more in depth look revealed that they were mail sent by the LISTSERV. Given the volume of some lists, and this concern about message volume traffic, I think it would be wise for us(maybe just Eric) to work with Allen Crosswell to find a way of reducing this for the next release of MAILER. I understand Allen has been able to work on MAILER in sometime, but it would be worth getting some ideas going. Harry