>>The first time I tried this, listserv said the request needed to come >>from user [log in to unmask] The problem is that there is no such concept as "registered node administrator" for domain-style addresses, and LISTSERV then asks you to send from 'MAINT@hostname', under the assumption that someone with enough privs to make an account called MAINT is a good enough node administrator. With release 1.6e, this problem will disappear for BITNET hostnames when a :internet tag has been coded in the node's entry. >>Now when I try it, however, I get the following message. Why would >>listserv tell maint that it isn't maint? Because of a bug in the code, probably due to the fact that, originally, there was no 'MAINT@hostname' default, ie if no contact was defined or the hostname was not a BITNET nodeid, nobody was authorized to issue privileged commands. The way it is coded, it will fail the first time, but work the second and following times. I've checked the 1.6e code and the bug is no longer there - the routine in question was completely rewritten anyway. Eric