The GET/GIVE command has been modified to limit the amount of files any given user may order a day. I had always been opposed to this kind of control, but it became necessary given the amount of abuse we have experienced (such as a single user requesting over 600 INFO-CPM archive files in a few minutes). This limit has been implemented as a new user exit, LSV$GETQ, to which all users except the postmasters are subjected. This exit is passed some information about the file being requested, as well as the total number of files and total number of kilobytes of data ordered 'today'. Note that these numbers correspond to the person that will actually receive the files, not to the command issuer. The default exit supplied with the code should be powerful enough to handle most cases. It will let in any request originating from or going to a list of privileged users (GETQWAIVE, defined in LOCAL SYSVARS), which defaults to the LISTSERV Coordinators. It will reject any request destined to a user who has ordered more than MAXGET files (which defaults to 20) or more than MAXGETK kilobytes of data (default is 256k), counting the file being ordered. NADs can order any amount of data provided they do not exceed MAXGET files a day (this is mainly to avoid loops with 'crazy execs'); in other words, the setting of MAXGETK is ignored for NADs. Otherwise they'd be in trouble when they try to order BITEARN NODES :-) The exit can be tailored by the installation to add more tests for local users, etc. Eric