>> I didn't want to clutter up the list with the full rejected item, but since >> you think that might have something to do with it, it is below. John Lyon wrote: > I just sent only the text below to a test list with the same rejection. > > Please send replies directly to [log in to unmask] . A summary > will be posted to the list. > > Apparently it doesn't like "send" in the first line. Well, that was my begining supposition, as I said. As said, I think this is from interactive VM/VMS stuff, which isn't email. So, why is LISTSERV looking for this VM/VMS line command in email? (Dont't get me wrong here, I wish that the host site for most of my lists still used its VM/VMS/CMS machines for lists; I could use AFD, packages, etc.) I am still puzzeled as to why a posting properly sent to the list address is rejected as a missent command when the text of the posting starts: Please send ...... As I said before, I do not recall any commands which begin with "Please." If the program is hanging on "send", well, I don't think it should, as that interactive VM/VMS "send" is not email. I really would like an "official" explanation of this from Eric, or someone at LSOFT. Douglas Winship [log in to unmask]