That was a problem .. I still am trying to get 1.8b up and running.. I now get the following messages on startup and then it processes one message and does nothing else.. anymore clues? thanks root@ftp /u/listserv #./go 27 Aug 1997 13:03:19 LISTSERV-TCP/IP for unix version 1.8b starting... 27 Aug 1997 13:03:19 Copyright L-Soft international 1986-1995 27 Aug 1997 13:03:19 Requeuing 1 mail file for delivery... 27 Aug 1997 13:03:20 SIGNUP files are being compressed... 27 Aug 1997 13:03:20 -> No entry removed. 27 Aug 1997 13:03:20 Nearest backbone host is [log in to unmask] 27 Aug 1997 13:03:20 Nearest NJE host is LISTSERV@PSUVM 27 Aug 1997 13:03:20 Initialization complete. 27 Aug 1997 13:03:20 License activated: SERIAL=LEXMARK-1, UNITS=0 27 Aug 1997 13:03:20 Press Ctrl-C at any time to enter a command. 27 Aug 1997 13:18:15 Processing file 0014 from [log in to unmask] >>> Error in STDCMD FILE: internal routine *GETP unknown <<< >>> Error in STDCMD FILE: internal routine *SEAR unknown <<< >>> Error in STDCMD FILE: internal routine *XSTL unknown <<< >>> Error in STDCMD FILE: internal routine *XTBR unknown <<< 27 Aug 1997 13:18:15 From [log in to unmask]: help [log in to unmask] on 08/27/97 10:33:24 AM Please respond to [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] cc: (bcc: Jim Mowrer) Subject: Quite honestly this: ----- The following addresses have delivery notifications ----- |/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin /home/spool/listserv owner-listserv" (unrecoverable error) (expanded from: owner-listserv) would indicate that you have an error in your /etc/aliases file under the 'owner-listserv' alias. Looks like an unmatched double-quote to me, which is exactly what sendmail is telling you: --- The transcript of the session follows --- 653 |/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin /home/spool/listserv owner-listserv"... There is a missing '"' character sh: /usr/local/bin/lsv_amin/home/spool/listserv.owner-listserv: not found 554 |/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin /home/spool/listserv owner-listserv"... Unknown mailer error 126 The alias <should> look like this in /etc/aliases: owner-listserv: "|/usr/local/bin/lsv_amin /home/spool/listserv owner-listserv" so it would appear that you have omitted the leading double-quote. I don't know if this is what is causing LISTSERV to choke but it certainly indicates an error that needs to be attended to before the owner-listserv address will work. Nathan