The LISTERV owner's manual states: "LISTSERV first skips any possible sequence of 'Re:' keywords ...", in describing how LISTSERV handles messages posted to lists with the TOPICS keyword. Does LISTSERV (for WNT) skip forms of 'Re:' such as this: Subject: Re[2]: MYTOPIC: What's the problem ? I.e., some email programs add a counter to the "Re"ply word in the Subject line, so it's no longer "Re:" but Re[n]:" for some arbitrary "n". (Other programs just retain just the original Re:, and yet others string out Re: Re: .... Sigh!) AGAIN, How does LISTSERV handle the Re[n]: form? In particular, does it treat it the Subject line as not containing any TOPIC (or alternatively, as containing at least one undefined topic), and forward the message to the "OTHER" topic subscribers? Peter R.