Being keen to give birth to a LISTSERV mailing list, I've been following the prescribed document trail. I see that many of the explanatory docs are quite old (years). In some of them this is commented on and explained as being due to an absence of change in the information to date. The texts I've managed to find so far have been useful and entertaining. My enjoyment in reading them was heightened to some extent by the difficulties I experienced in finding them. Even so, I seem to be encountering a specific problem so frequently now, that it's novelty value is beginning to wane a little. Please can someone advise me on it? Most of the documents I've received so far, refer to other more specialised documents to get, or lists to subscribe to. The addresses given, when applied to, seem to frequently result in a "failed mail" message being returned. Reason: (BHST) Unknown host/domain name in "......" Can someone please say whether this is due to the addresses being outdated? If this is the case, is there an information file available on the current addresses for such LISTSERV related files and mailing lists? Where can I find it? Please excuse me if this is a long winded repeat of a common problem. I read a while back that most of my problems could be answered without human effort by accessing the database. I'm keen to do this, but I haven't found and digested all the necessary info yet. Thanks in anticipation, -- Tony Halmarack =*= [log in to unmask]