In version 1.8a LISTSERV will replace the first character of a line of 72 or more equal signs with a blank in the archive files *only*. The messages sent to list recipients, either directly or via digests, will be unaltered. Since index recipients order from the archives, their copy will have the escaped equal sign. It may be a bit annoying but that was the only solution that could be implemented in the short term. Again I can't use the same techniques as Ricemail since many owners routinely edit their archive files and I can't expect them to update line counts when they change the messages :-) Eric