On: Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 02:17:46PM -0400,Sahil Wrote: } I tried: } } Filter= *@* } Filter= Allow, *@XYZ.EDU } } this is what I get: } } Subject: TECHSUPPORT-SASS: error report from XYZ.EDU } } The enclosed message, found in the TECHSUPPORT-SASS mailbox and shown under } the } spool ID 21418303 in the system log, has been identified as a possible } delivery } error notice for the following reason: mail origin is listed in the } "Filter=" } list header keyword (or its default value for the TECHSUPPORT-SASS list). } } ------------------------ Message in error (218 } lines) ------------------------- } } ** } } Is it filtering out the XYZ.EDU ? As I understand Filter, the *@* will block everybody (as someone said) and then the allow provides an exception. Was the email that was blocked [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] The allow should pass the first form but not the second. Try adding Filter= Allow, *@XYZ.EDU, *@*.xyz,edu to handle both cases. As Ben said (and he should know better than I) the Service= keyword may be better. I have never used Service=. And just to cover all bases, in the list header, its "* Filter= . . ." ? -- Rich Greenberg N6LRT Marietta, GA, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 770 321 6507 Eastern time zone. I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red & Shasta (RIP),Red, husky Owner:Chinook-L Atlanta Siberian Husky Rescue. www.panix.com/~richgr/ Asst Owner:Sibernet-L