The purpose of this note is to confirm that I have received enough positive answers to the "Release 1.6 for EARN" survey to accept to distribute release 1.6 to selected EARN sites, and to describe the procedure to obtain it. This note is relevant to EARN sites only - BITNET and NetNorth maintainers are getting a copy for their information only. The instructions for requesting a copy of release 1.6 are described in the EARNV16 LETTER file available from [log in to unmask] Basically, sites which have 1.5o now and have not canceled their license agreement by signing the LISTEARN contact have to mail me a letter, other sites will need to sign a paper copy of "my" LISTSERV license agreement to re-establish it, and send a slightly different letter. As soon as I get the letter, the site will resume getting PEERS NAMES and LINKSWT FILE; when release 1.6c becomes available, a special "1.5o to 1.6c" update shipment will be sent to the site, and it will then resume getting updates as non-EARN sites do. As I have already said, this is a no-warranty, no support service, and there may be sites to which I would not accept to provide it. However, this is not the case of any of the sites which answered YES to the survey - if you did, there is no need to check with me before sending the letter. I hope to have release 1.6c ready for beta-testing sometime this week. All the programming work is finished, it is just a matter of finding time to do the "packaging" and to find beta-test sites (send me mail if you want to participate). Eric