If the original digest contained "data" that confused the Mail Transfer Agent, then retrieving the archives might have the exact same effect. I've seen this occur when an embedded RFC821/2 end-of-message indicate appears (a period in the first column followed by all white-space). OUTLIM does work in the below context: Here is a SEARCH job when sent to the LISTSERV would retrieve up to 3k lines of Melvin Klassen's postings to LSTOWN-L. /* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */ //ListSrch JOB Echo=no Database Search DD=Rules OUTLIM=3000 f=mail //Rules DD * s * in lstown-l where sender contains klassen print /* // EOJ /* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */ -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L URL:mailto:[log in to unmask] "Kids: don't e-mail to strangers!"