Colleague list owners and Eric, My desire: Temporarily create a break in the delivery of messages for a list, WITHOUT queuing sent messages during the period of the break. That is, I want posted messages to bounce with a helpful message explaining the reason for the break, duration, etc. HOLD and LOCK both seem to queue messages, so neither seemed appropriate. Full moderation (Edit=) dumps the messages to the editor, but doesn't tell the sender anything. I ended up sending an explanatory note to all, then setting Send= [log in to unmask] But the rejection message is the standard "you may be able to post, just not from your present address" message. Is there... - A better way to set up a messageless period with LISTSERV (v. 1.8a)? - A way of modifying the rejection message? (Since we're talking about configurability of LISTSERV messages today anyhow.) Thanks, Steve, Quaker-L and Quaker-P co-owner -- Stephen W. Thompson, U. of PA, Data Administration, 215-898-1236 E-mail (MIME): [log in to unmask] -OR- [log in to unmask] (For security matters, use [log in to unmask], read by Data Admin. staff) URL: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~st/st.html