Bon Matin Jilla, Being the "errors-to:" I receive such bounces daily from sub'ers on my list. The message says it: it's a warning ... The message is buffered in some mail file on an host that cannot get a "working" connection on PSUVM. Last time I've seen a user getting those was when an ISP was doing "online" maintenance on their system ... Since she receives it from her ISP, tell her to contact them and stop buffering messages on your list. If service is resumed in the next 5 days *all* her messages *may* make it to your list. Hopefully if they are all the same, LISTSERV will filter out duplicates (another nifty LISTSERV unsung feature). She should contact root and/or postmaster at her site (ie her local tech support) and tell them she's trying to mail PSU.EDU and that the connection breaks at NY.MS.UU.NET ... One thing though isn't UU.NET the domain from UUNET and if so does someone have the e-mail address of a "central" troubleshooting authority to report problems to ? As stated in LISTSERV doc transient problem are "temporary" or, rather solvable problems in *some* time ... as opposition to "unrecoverable" or "fatal" errors ... If the problem persists 5 days it will generate another bounce saying "unrecoverable, could not deliver for 5 days"... -- Eric Paul-Hus , BLUES-L