In article <LSTSRV-L%90040416545605@CEARN>, Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]> says: >Can the problem be reproduced at will? If so, could some tracing be done >to see how the file looks like when it reaches LISTSERV@UBVM, etc? Here is the code Netnews uses to subscribe to a list. Jim, could you try running this at UBVM to see if you can reproduce it there? /* */ address '' arg listname listnode . file = 'LISTSERV REQUEST A' 'ERASE' file 'EXECIO 1 DISKW' file '(STRING SUB' listname 'Netnews Server' 'EXECIO 1 DISKW' file '(STRING SET' listname 'FULLHDR NOFILES' 'FINIS' file 'EXEC SENDFILE' file 'LISTSERV AT' listnode