This is really not an RFC 977bis issue. It might be an RFC 1036-related issue since there is a newsgroups header. -- Stan | Academ Consulting Services |internet: sob at academ.com Olan | For more info on academ, see this |uucp: {mcsun|amdahl}!academ!sob Barber | URL- http://www.academ.com/academ |Opinions expressed are only mine.