>It appears some errors exist in the algorithm or network tables. Any idea >what I should start looking for? > >> ... >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> > sub lstsrv-l Phil Howard >> The nearest LSTSRV-L host to you is >> [log in to unmask] Your SUBSCRIBE request is being >> forwarded to [log in to unmask] >> ... Phil, The "error" is in the "network tables". Listserv ( LSVBESTP EXEC ) uses DOMAIN NAMES. It looks for: "VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU", ".CSO.UIUC.EDU", ".UIUC.EDU", and finally ".EDU" until it finds a match. The UIUC entry in DOMAIN NAMES looks like: :nick.UIUC.EDU :mailer.SMTPUSER@UIUCVMD BSMTP 3 LSVBESTP would only get a match if it looked for "UIUC.EDU". MAILER would find a match since it compares the right-hand side of the two strings, whereas LISTSERV uses NAMEFIND which looks for exact matches. Perhaps your entry should look like: :nick..UIUC.EDU :mailer.MAILER@UIUCVMD BSMTP 3 ( MAILER is a better choice than SMTPUSER since the mail is coming via BITNET anyway... do not forget the "local-domain" variable! ) The reason why LISTSERV@POLYGRAF was found "nearer" is that the ".EDU" matched with: :nick..EDU :mailer.SMTP@WISCVM BSMTP 3 and POLYGRAF is the "closest" peer to WISCVM. ( Actually, POLYGRAF ( which is graf.poly.edu on the internet ) would not use WISCVM, but would SMTP it to you directly. :-) ). --Tony