EXPLODE wasn't changed to look up the :internet tag. It isn't 100% clear how it should behave. If the list is DISTRIBUTEd, as long as there is a seizable number of recipients (which is usually the case for peered lists) or not they are optimally located is only marginally important, as long as it's on the right side of the ocean. But since DISTRIBUTE makes use of :internet, EXPLODE should be modified to do so. Now when the list is not DISTRIBUTEd, which is when EXPLODE becomes most important, the :internet tag is not used: LISTSERV just delivers the message to the MAILER, which uses (a possibly modified) DOMAIN NAMES rather than BITEARN NODES to find out how to route it, and therefore EXPLODE is doing what it ought to in this respect. Eric