>My guess is that this problem is manefesting itself via xovers and the overview >format. What does "list overview.fmt" return from the dnews (ugh :)) server. Yep that's exactly right. Dnews (ugh) returns 'bytecount' instead of 'bytes' whne you do a list overview.fmt. Adam. -------------- Earthlight Communications Limited ------------- P.O. Box 5301 Adam Shand (fax) +64 3 477 5463 Dunedin, New Zealand Systems Manager (voice) +64 3 479 0303 --------------- http://larry.earthlight.co.nz/ ---------------