Here's a good one. A couple of days ago, LISTSERV abended in routine LSVCARDR and got blown into CP. Every file that was received by LISTSERV from that point on until the system logged him off, had the inuse bit set on for that file. Apparently, even after LISTSERV was logged off, incoming files had their inuse bit set. The end result was 96 files (about 9000 records) in LISTSERV's reader marked inuse. If that wasn't enough, the next day LISTSERV received another 'abnormal' file and the count went to 112 files inuse. We re-IPL'd this morning for hardware maintenance and the files got 'un-inused' and all is well (fingers crossed). Anyone else having this problem???? I usually only have 1 file marked inuse every 1 or 2 weeks, but 112 in 2 days!!! All these occurences have one thing in common. If you look in the console log you'll see LISTSERV say 'Processing file (xxxx) from ....' Immediately following that is a line saying: PUN FILE xxxx FROM RSCS .... I'm trying to reproduce the problem so I can trace CP and LISTSERV. It always seems to happen when a link has been down for a while and when it comes up, many files hit LISTSERV quickly. I'll post more on this whenever I get more info. Darren -------------- Included console log ---------------------- TIME IS 00:00:00 CST WEDNESDAY 11/02/88 CONNECT= 24:00:02 VIRTCPU= 018:43.45 TOTCPU= 021:04.09 ---------------- Text deleted ---------------------------------------- PUN FILE 1434 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD 2 Nov 1988 06:15:54 Processing file (1425) from LISTSERV@ECUVM1 2 Nov 1988 06:15:57 From LISTSERV@ECUVM1: X-FOR HPBECK@ECSVAX SIGNOFF * FWDED=2 ( NETWIDE 2 Nov 1988 06:15:58 From HPBECK@ECSVAX: SIGNOFF FWDED=2 * ( NETWIDE 2 Nov 1988 06:16:01 Processing file (1426) from LISTSERV@OHSTVMA PUN FILE 1435 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD DMSITP143T Protection exception occurred at EF0044 in system routine LSVCARDR; r DMKDSP450W CP entered; disabled wait PSW '00020000 40F18070' CP PUN FILE 1436 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1437 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1438 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1439 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1440 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1441 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1442 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1443 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1444 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1445 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1446 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1447 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1448 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1449 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1450 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1451 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1452 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1453 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1454 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1455 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1456 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1457 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1458 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1459 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1460 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1461 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1462 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1463 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1464 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1465 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1466 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1467 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1468 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1469 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1470 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1471 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1472 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1473 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1474 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1475 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1476 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1477 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1478 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1479 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1480 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1481 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1482 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1483 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD PUN FILE 1484 FROM RSCS COPY 001 NOHOLD CONNECT= 06:30:54 VIRTCPU= 005:07.10 TOTCPU= 005:32.67 LOGOFF AT 06:31:01 CST WEDNESDAY 11/02/88 BY SYSTEM