At this point it is a little hard to say. I know two things though: 1) you can't forward a lstsrv-l message back to itself with LISTSERV intercepting it. It usually doesn't matter to the loop checking function how you forwarded e.g., a REPLY including the entire (or even the headers) of the original, it will still latch onto it. 2) you did post your thanks. Here is an abstract of the archives via a WEB search for your during the last 7 days: Search results LSTSRV-L 3 matches. Search again Item # Date Time Recs Subject 013361 97/02/13 08:52 43 Request for Host 013364 97/02/13 18:55 25 Re: Request for Host 013367 97/02/13 21:01 31 Newbie needs help -- co-owner: INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L URL:mailto:[log in to unmask] "Are you a bandwidth bandit?"