this digest problem(huge file that keeps building and doesn't truncate daily) that has been occurring on a list i admin has the best of me. i manually cleared the .digest file off the server but then found that the list locked up afterward. so i looked at some of the other files on the server and found the .subject file which had subject headers for all the digest files that were part of the huge digest. so i cleared that file off the server and the list still locks up. so i turned the digest feature off and the list works fine in that mode. can anyone tell me what these two files should have in them as defaults? anyone have any idea what might be causing my list to lock when it tries to load to the .subject and .digest files? thanks once again... stratton ___________________ [log in to unmask] cs: 'temperamental'...ebtg