Doron, a postmaster does not have any specific GET authority. The person who's authorized to PUT the file is not authorized to GET it either. Please consider the following file definition, suitable for a 'log of complaints' or suchlike. - PUT code = ALL, and a file access validation exist that will actually perform an APPEND (not a REPLACE) when a PUT is issued from people not in the user support. All users are allowed to post complaints, user support may replace the whole file. - GET code = XXX, which points to the user support people. Users are not allowed to read the complaints of other people. Well that's a stupid example of course, but it shows that just because you have PUT authority doesn't mean that you should have GET authority. You often have PUT=ALL because the actual test is made by an exit anyway. Eric