>The problem appears to be an unbalanced angle bracket, but who is >supposed to correct it? The Belgians say it's up to us because they >have no problems like this otherwise. But we have no problem except >with the Belgians. Plural or singular? In this particular case, since the ETAL. host is MXed to vm1.rice.ucl.ac.be and SMTP mail to that host goes thru MAILER@BUCLLN11 (that's the registered bitnet equivalent of the vm1. host), I suspect a mail forwarding problem. You might be able to get a better handle on this by sending e-mail directly FROM a VM system to this user and observe any interactive messages returned by MAILER at BUCLLN11. /Pete ([log in to unmask]) -- Peter M. Weiss "The 'NET' never sleeps" +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA USA 16802-1202