When a user is said to be "served out", it means that the user is being refused service by your LISTSERV as a whole, not with respect to any specific list. This can happen automatically if LISTSERV detects that the user has sent ten successive unsuccessful commands (to prevent message wars with other servers and random fumbling users), or manually by a postmaster for whatever reason. If LISTSERV serves a user out, it will tell the postmasters, so they should know which way it happened. The command to undo it, "SERVE user@node" can be issued by any user except one who is served off. Mark R. Williamson, Rice University, Houston, TX; [log in to unmask] ------------------------- MARK@RICEVM1 on BITNET