Natalie ([log in to unmask]) said (first quoting me): > > other. If the error message indicates that the account does not > > exist ("unknown user" is often the wording) then I delete the > "Unknown user" messages are sometimes the result of temporary glitches. Yes, I should have mentioned this. I occasionally get messages that say that I'm an unknown user. When systems forget who their users are, they usually forget *all* of them. So if you suddenly get bounces for mail to all subscribers on a system, it is probably a system fault. It is always a good idea to wait a bit before taking action--many problems go away. It can be serious when this happens. We had about 30 subscribers on a system that used to forget its users occasionally. With a list running about 100 messages per day, that is 3000 error messages. Actually the system never went out for a full day, but I did get socked a few times with 400-500 error messages. It has been fixed--I've had no problems from them in the last couple years. Peace, Dan << Daniel D. Wheeler Internet: [log in to unmask] >> << University of Cincinnati Bitnet: wheeler@ucbeh >>