> I have a subscriber on AOL.COM who says he's not >getting mail from PHILOSOP (he did get a message from me asking >whether he got messages from PHILOSOP (!)). Here's his >distribution options: (Though I'm not confortable with my analysis ...) The PHILOSOP list is hosted at YORKVM1. The LISTSERV there distributes postings to AOL.COM users via the listserv@utoronto which then in-turn distributes to [log in to unmask] The actual bitnet nodes involved (via SHOW PATH) are listserv@yorkvm1 -> @utorvm -> listserv@utoronto -> @utorvm -> -> listserv@ubvm (Looks like utorvm gets a double "hit. Also, when testing the listserv@utorvm, it responds from UTORONTO.) Once listserv@UBVM gets it, it uses one (or more) of it's local batch SMTPS to redistribute it: From UBVM(MAILER): * <.COM> UBVM - BSMTP S=SMTP_L,SMTPE,SMTPT,SMTP4,SMTP5,SMTP 6 O=TKSSTEVE@UBVM G=SMTP@UBVM Since aol.com is not the "real" receiving host, the mail is actually delivered (exchanged) to Internet host mailgate.prod.aol.net which at this moment IS responding to the SMTP port. -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L [log in to unmask] "Are you downsizing or dumbsizing?" +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA