You have to use an exit for that. I'm not sure I fully understand the problem - you said F=PUNCH rather than F=MAIL, and I would think that a BITNET user who explicitly codes F=PUNCH when he has the ability to receive Netdata files gets what he deserves. I realize there is presently no convenient way to prevent mail-only users from AFD'ing to files which cannot be sent via mail, but I have found no satisfactory solution to this problem so far. Eric