On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:36:34 -0500 Jacob Haller said: >If you go into LISTSERV's MAIN or HOME directory and look for files >of the form "listname.ok*" you should find copies of any pending >messages. You can then examine them to determine which are for which >messages and get the cookies from the string after the ".ok" in the >filename. The string after the ".ok" in the filename isn't the cookie approval string though. What you need to do is match the 6 digit filename string to the corresponding entry in permvars and then pull the 8-digit approval code from there. It's not easy, but it can be done. Bill