On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 23:04:17 PST, rohit narang <[log in to unmask]> said: > Currently, i do not have a DNS entry for the machine on which LISTSERV is > installed. Can i still go ahead and get into the administrative page and > server maintenance page ? It asks for a userid and password ? What do i > enter in them ? Will the entries for POSTMASTER and CREATEPW in the > site.config allow me to enter ? I would strongly suggest that you simply put a hold on the entire project until you get a DNS entry. There are simply too many places where you will encounter strange and unusual problems due to DNS problems. You *may* be able to get the WWW interface to come up, but you can pretty much forget about getting any outbound mail to work. Hint: If you don't have a DNS entry, how do you post to a list? You can't say 'mail [log in to unmask] because you'll just get back 'host your.domain.here not found'. (Yes, this *CAN* be hacked around using the [] IP address literal syntax, but THAT has its own baggage to deal with, and is not recommende) Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech