The formatting on the SUB_OWNER message does not appear to be applied properly. It seems to be stripping out all the hard returns from the entire section. I have tried turning formatting off, but that does not appear to have any affect. All other sections of the mailtpl seem to format properly. To answer the obvious questions, I have moved the section from the bottom of the mailtpl to the top, and removed and re-typed it with no change of behavior. The message that is received when attempting to subscribe to the list is: > subscribe tm-irs-l Randy Porter Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:11:04 Thank you for your interest in TM-IRS-L, the Bureau of National Affairs' Tax Management IRS Practice Week Listserv for practitioners who represent clients before the IRS. The Listserv is used to send highlights of each IRS Practice Week issue by e:mail and to provide a forum for discussion of issues that are important to tax professionals who represent clients before the IRS. To sign up for the list, fill out a registration form for IRS Practice Week at www.erols.com/tminc. If you have questions or comments, contact [log in to unmask] The section in the mailtpl file is: >>> SUB_OWNER Message sent to user trying SUBSCRIBE on by-owner list .re owners &WEEKDAY, &DATE &TIME Thank you for your interest in TM-IRS-L, the Bureau of National Affairs' Tax Management IRS Practice Week Listserv for practitioners who represent clients before the IRS. The Listserv is used to send highlights of each IRS Practice Week issue by e:mail and to provide a forum for discussion of issues that are important to tax professionals who represent clients before the IRS. To sign up for the list, fill out a registration form for IRS Practice Week at www.erols.com/tminc. If you have questions or comments, contact [log in to unmask]