The lines on CEARNV2 got moved to CEARN and the node was deleted. Such entries must, unfortunately, remain on the LINKSWT FILE for a long time, because many sites do not have up to date BITEARN NODES files. Since these sites do generate DIST2 jobs, it is not only their problem but that of the net as a whole: all it takes is a couple of high-volume lists, an outdated BITEARN NODES and a LINKSWT FILE without provision for such files to generate hundreds of distribute jobs a day along the wrong path. The file you have has entries for both CEARN and CEARNV2, so that it works with both current and outdated files. Eventually I remove such entries to trim the file. Eric