(several hours, occasionally 2-3 days) to reach some mailing lists. Inspection of the headers when the mails finally arrive shows pretty unambiguously that btinternet have sat on them for that time. I have no clue why this happens. When it does hapen, it tends to happen in clusters. Best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 167 1972 Date: 04-May-04 Time: 10:08:11 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------