First, thanks for the help on the invalid character in the node address. Several folks send me the RFC references. Now, a new question: I am trying to create a listname MAILTPL file. Everything is going well, *except* I need to use a "special" character in the text. For example, I am trying to put: Texas A&M University Well, it seems the ampersand (&) is something that the mailtpl file doesn't recognize (left overs from the old PROFS/SCRIPT days?). I admit that I used to be a little familar with SCRIPT, but that was about 10 years ago. Anyone remember what the code is to get it to allow me to use the "&"? Suggestion: Perhaps in future versions of Listerv, we can just leave out the text formatting altogether? Imho, it's not needed, and tends to be a bother. Especially in light of the fact that many Listserv's won't be running on VM at all.... ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chris Barnes (409) 846-3273 (home) [log in to unmask] (409) 845-8300 (work) http://helper.tamu.edu/STAFF/cbarnes/