Due to lack of reported problems and a busy agenda for thursday, release 1.7b is being distributed one day ahead of schedule. To forestall anguished queries, please note that the message: PASCAL run-time environment lost - acquiring a new one... is a normal occurence, unless it occurs several times during the execution of a command (under CMS release 4, multiple occurences per command may even be normal). This message means that something issued a STRINIT call or otherwise caused the VS PASCAL run-time environment to be destroyed. LISTSERV detects this condition and directs VS PASCAL to acquire a new RTE; the only impact is a small loss of CPU time for re-initialization. This condition cannot be avoided given that STRINIT cannot be disabled and that VS PASCAL can only use OS simulation calls for acquiring storage. Finally, please note that the command reference cards have been updated for release 1.7b - including the one that lists postmaster commands. Eric