I am new to Listserv and in the process of setting up some announce-only private lists for an organization. In the process of doing some very minor tests, I am getting the following error on e-mails that are about two sentences long (i.e. short and to the point). I have sent 11 e-mails; 2 were successful and the other 9 gave the following error. Your message is being returned to you unprocessed because it looks like a LISTSERV command, rather than material intended for distribution to the members of the TSTRNL-L list. Please note that LISTSERV commands must ALWAYS be sent to the LISTSERV address; if it was indeed a command you were attempting to issue, please send it again to [log in to unmask] for execution. Otherwise, please accept our apologies and try to rewrite the message with a slightly different wording - for instance, change the first word of the message, enclose it in quotation marks, insert a line of dashes at the beginning of your message, etc. The problem is there seems to be no logical reason why 2 were successful while the others failed. I cannot tell the difference in the e-mails. I have gone through the process of eliminating top banner, bottom banner, and the body of the e-mail and all other combinations and can find no common thread. Does anyone know of a troubleshooting guide for rejected postings and/or how LISTSERV interprets messages to determine that an e-mail "looks like a LISTSERV command"??? Does it look at the banners as part of the e-mail? Any advice or assistance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, ...Wes Anderson [log in to unmask]