I just joined this list, so excuse me if I am repeating something that has been discussed before. I do like to receive one confirmation by mail that my message was received by LISTSERV and broadcast. I also don't mind one interactive message to that effect, such as comes from BITNIC's LISTSERV. What I don't like is being bombarded by messages, mail and interactive, from distributed LISTSERVs telling me what they have done with my message. Since I don't know where the distributed LISTSERVs are, those messages are meaningless to me. If I have to get the acknowledgements, I would much prefer to get them as mail, rather than interactive messages. I choose when to read my mail. The particular case that moved me to complain was a message to a BITNIC list, IBM-NETS. I got the usual confirmation from LISTSERV@BITNIC, then lots of messages from various distributed LISTSERVs. How about turning off the acknowledgements for redistributions of BITNIC lists? I don't know if that is possible with the current distributed LISTSERV software. I do think the distributed LISTSERV is a good idea, it just has a rough edge that ought to be smoothed. Roger