The coast is clear. You may resume your usual conversation. I was able to contact the listowner by email. The reason this all finally slowed down yesterday was he basically unsubscribed everyone from the list until the bouncing messages stopped. He then planned to resubscribe everyone (except the two accounts with the full mailboxes). I received a "Welcome to preservation-L" message earlier today, which I took to mean that the resubscription had been accomplished. You should have too, and if you are reading my message, I can pretty much guarantee it. SAVE THE WELCOME MESSAGE!!!!! It tells you how to send subscribe and unsubscribe commands to the list robot as well as commands to obtain help and see which commands for the Majordomo listserv software do and don't work with preservation-L. Some of the standard commands have been disabled. Your welcome message came from Majordomo. Majordomo is not a former military officer that has taken up a preservation career in retirement. Majordomo is a software robot. Shades of Isaac Asimov, please send your commands to the robot, not to the list. We thank you in advance. _____________________________________________________ Dan Becker, Executive Director "What's this? Fan mail Raleigh Historic from some flounder?" Districts Commission - Bullwinkle J. Moose [log in to unmask]