It sounds like that fellow is treading right along the boundary line of what is allowable behavior. My own personal feeling is that he's on the wrong side of the line. I'd recommend that if you haven't heard back from him within a 'reasonable' amount of time (which should be a brief period since money is probably on its way to him now) you should forward his original posting to the Listserv operators at his system, who may feel that they have a clear policy on the issue. To get the identities and addresses of those operators, send the command RELEASE to the Listserv in question. -- Roger Burns [log in to unmask]