Please post the reply to this... we get it too.. Why send in punch format with long lines?? where are the long lines coming from? (Eric, your EXPLODE code truncates the last character off a 17 character [log in to unmask] SYSTEM03@JPNSUT10 became SYSTEM03@JPNSUT1 and VSYOSSIE@WEIZMANN became VSYOSSIE@WEIZMAN, and as such, the RELAY-L JOB to EXPLODE the list failed for these 2 userids..) -abc ---------- From the conning tower of The Submarine of the Usenet [Moi] ---------- Alan Clegg USMail: 701-104 Cardinal Gibbons Dr. "I am NOT a crook" Raleigh, NC 27606 Bitnet: ALAN@NCSUVM Home Bell: (919) 821-0917 ARPA: ALAN%NCSUVM.BITNET@wiscvm Work Bell: (919) 737-3035 UUCP: ..!mcnc!ncsu!ncsuvx!abc Play Bell: (919) 831-9169 ..!mcnc!ncsu!ncsuvx!ncsu3b!abc