Hello, I don't know how many of you have run across this problem yet, but someone has propogated a file called CHRISTMA EXEC which is creating a lot of unnecessary file traffic. On the guise of simply putting up a nice "Merry Christmas"-type picture on the screen, what this program actually does is to send a copy of itself to everyone in the innocent user's names file. Potentially, this could be a problem for a LISTSERV list, if someone who runs this exec happens to have a nick defined for a list, and that list accepts files, then the CHRISTMA EXEC would end up being sent to everyone subscribing to that list. Not a particularly nice thought. My question is this: what's the best way to prevent LISTSERV from propogating this file? Only way I know of doing it is real cheap-- modify code. There may be a simpler solution, but this situation is a time bomb waiting to go off, so there's not really enough time to go wading through the docs looking for a better answer. Perhaps someone more knowledgable of LISTSERV than I already knows the best way to take care of this.... -chuck [log in to unmask] -or- [log in to unmask]