Though this does NOT answer your specific question (though I think others have :-)), it might prove useful to rebroadcast this from my posting on LSTOWN-L earlier last year ... >>> Item number 2939, dated 94/03/23 10:11:00 -- ALL Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 10:11:00 EST Reply-To: LISTSERV list owners' forum <[log in to unmask]> X-Sender: LISTSERV list owners' forum <[log in to unmask]> From: "Peter M. Weiss +1 814 863 1843" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: e-mail delivery problems -- discussion In-Reply-To: GRB AT NCCIBM1.BITNET -- Wed, 23 Mar 1994 09:28:00 EST E-mail delivery in the LISTSERV world is more complicated than driving down to the corner convenience store to buy some milk ;-) Some factors that affect e-mail delivery -- o properly recorded userid@hostname in the subscriber list o properly updated/administered BITEARN NODES table e.g., :INTERNET tag o properly updated/administered Bitnet MAILER tables o properly updated/administered LISTSERV siteS o properly updated/administered Domain Name SystemS o properly set auto-forwarding address (if any) o networks and hosts that need to be available o routers that route properly o Mail Transfer Agents (MTA) that work properly including boucing mail to appropriate errors-to: addresses You might want to follow-up on nodeinfo@cunyvm, though that is a list for actual mail problems and their solutions/bypass. -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L [log in to unmask] "The 'NET' never naps" +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA