Now that DIST2 is working almost everywhere, what are the advantages of having many peers for a list? 1) somewhat more likely that users can interact with the list using TELL since there will be fewer links that need to be up for the direct commands to work. My impression is that this is not as important as it was in the beginning. 2) somewhat lower load on the network for retreiving files since they will be located "closer" to the requester. 3) distributes the CPU load to multiple sites rather than being a big "hit" on a single system. Others? How important are these? -phil -- J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067 Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110 [log in to unmask] - Internet (314) 362-3617 [362-2694(FAX)]