I had misunderstood the problem in my previous reply. The fact is that there are indeed four files, numbered '1-OF-4' to '4-OF-4' being sent to LISTSERV. They are kept on its reader and eventually merged into a single file, which retains the spool fileid of the first shipment file, hence the confusion. I will change the code in the next version to force the spool filetype to SHIPMENT before closing the file. In any case, whenever LISTSERV sends a shipment file to your reader, it is necessarily complete (unless it is a memo or something like that which you're not going to CARD LOAD anyway :-) ). The FIX shipment is waiting on LISTSERV's reader because it has 1.5m as a pre-req and this pre-req is not yet met on your LISTSERV. LISTSERV won't transfer a shipment to you until you should install it. Once 1.5m has been installed, it will re-process FIX15M1 and transfer it to your reader. Eric