On 8 Apr 99, at 0:04, Stan Ryckman wrote: > >The probes do look to the user exactly like a regular list posting. > > Well, not quite... the first time I received one, it sneaked right > past my procmail filters which sort mailing lists into folders, etc. I suppose I ought to have been more precise: the RFC822 mail headers look exactly the same, and most standards compliant mail programs (which excludes CC:mail) will show the mail like any other list mail. I'm curious what field you are filtering on. The ONLY difference is the RFC 821 (SMTP) MAIL FROM: (Which some mail servers will turn into a Return Path: mail header, so that's a slight difference, but that is usually hidden from the reader). Is that what you're filtering on? Francoise