I cannot reproduce the problem, but it might be due to differences in the spool system between XA/ESA and SP/HPO. Marty, let me know if the MODULE I sent you solves the problem. In any case, LISTSERV does not *loop* on the job, it re-processes it only every 15 minutes or so. That can be bad over a weekend but it is not catastrophic unless you have many such jobs. Furthermore, if the problem is indeed what I think, it has been there since 1.7c (there was no change to the job processor for 1.7d). Eric