The DISTRIBUTE loop is at VENUS.VCU.EDU. Someone on AUTOCAT gets their copy via a DISTRIBUTE job that takes it through VENUS.VCU.EDU . Was that all the error message contained or was there a little more? On Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:20:37 -0500 Winship said: >I suppose I got this as the first listed owner, but I don't know >why I got it nor what it means, exactly? Is it telling me that >AUTOCAT mail hit a snag VCU.EDU? If so, why am I getting it this >way rather than as a regular error report, which should be delivered >elsewhere? Umm, it means something totally else? Douglas > >By the way, AUTOCAT is at Buffalo, not venus.vcu.edu > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:15:46 -0400 >From: "L-Soft list server at LISTS.VCU.EDU (1.8d)" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Output of job "AUTOCAT" from [log in to unmask] > >Reason: a loop has been detected in the DISTRIBUTE path taken by your file.