The new release of RSCS V2 contains a feature called the list processor. We've had it inside IBM for many years (at least six -- I don't know why it took so long to get out). It needn't be installed at every node. Here's how it works. If you send a file to the id *LIST (I think that it is configureable) at a node (via RSCS), the begining of the file should look like: node1 user1 node2 user2 . . . noden usern (blank line) (rest of spool file) The list processor then redistributes the file to the nearest nodes and/or list processors (for further redistribution). This works fine with files, and also mail, as long as one doesn't insist on there being individual To: lines. It seems to work very efficiently, and has been a lifesaver for the IBM internal network. Victor Miller -- IBM Research