As far as I am aware, YES, but ... news gateways often require the generation of specific headers, so a SET listname FULLHDR NOACK NOREPRO FOR newsgate@host would proabably be "better" than: SET listname SHORT FOR newsgate@host -- co-owner: INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L URL:mailto:[log in to unmask] "I get paid by the millisecond"