I'm in a hurry and have been deleteing messages in this chain of banter, but wasn't the main point "you can't use the 'tell' command to manage a listserv to/from Internet"? It takes a new listserv/lmail and something like the following MSGD from Belgium but: -Kary record on Ready; T=0.01/0.01 21:28:02 tell listserv show node searn /internet Ready; T=0.04/0.05 21:28:08 * Information from the VERS9406 BITEARN NODES file: * * :node.SEARN :internet.SEARN.SUNET.SE imsg [log in to unmask] thanks guy. Ready; T=0.02/0.02 21:28:42 From SEARN.SUNET.SE(LISTSERV): * You're welcome! record off