I am changing the weight of the BITNIC-CUNYVM link to 100 so that DIST stuff are automatically redistributed to the next-best server in the area. I prefer not to remove BITNIC from the backbone as their might be "glitches" and some servers might keep sending it stuff (eg because the PUT command didn't reach them) which it would then reject. The weight will be permanently changed to some 2 or 3 when the line becomes a 9600 one. Eric PS: 1.5i and 1.5j backbone servers will reject the PUT command. These should get the file manually from LISTSERV@CEARN and install it.