Actually, it's not a header, just a loop. When the following Usenet posting is sent as a DISTRIBUTE MAIL job, Listserv hangs trying to figure out the Path: line. It sits there writing out to its PUN a lot of blank lines. After stopping it after about 30 seconds, it had written a 10000+ record file with only one word at the beginning: "Path:". The Path: line has been wrapped by me and is indicated by a trailing + after each line which indicates that the following line would continue immediately there. --Marc //job20Sep89 JOB Reply-To=Sender distribute mail //TO DD * CMF@PITTVMS Carl M. Fongheiser CMF@PITTUNIX Carl M. Fongheiser /* //DATA DD *,Res=Disk Path: unix.cis.pitt.edu!pitt!cadre.dsl.pitt.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!tut.cis.ohio-sta+ te.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!rutgers!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!watmath!ma+ ytag!watdcsu!mgardi Sender: CMF@PITTVMS From: [log in to unmask] (M.Gardi - ICR) To: MOTSS-L@PITTUNIX Newsgroups: soc.motss Subject: Re: The M-word (was Re: How did it happen?) Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: 20 Sep 89 12:02:15 GMT References: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] (M.Gardi - ICR) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 40 [message body here removed - mas] // EOJ