Thanks to those of you who responded to my query. The difficulty was * Send= Open as a number of you told me (Thanks Eric and Jim) The owner was subscribed properly; some suggested that to be the problem. Thanks again.... Gerrit Gerrit Bos Systems Analyst, Data Comm., Comp. & Comm. Services, U. of Guelph Guelph ON Canada N1G 2W1 Ph:(519)824-4120 x3489 Fax:(519)763-1620 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Happiness is the only good. the time to be happy is now. the place to be happy is here. the way to be happy is to make others so... R. G. Ingersoll