I wonder if this must be a list-specific parameter, and not site specific? I checked the PEERS db here on PSUVM, and you are NOT: a backbone nor distribute site. Try the list definition keyword * mail-via= direct -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L [log in to unmask] "The Internet: it's changing" +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA