I seldom post a "pet peeve" but this happens frequently enough to comment on. I get emails directed to my list admin address or to me directly as board admin or as co-CC for a county GenWeb site...and take my time to find an answer for the person and send it to them only to get a bounce or request to verify that I'm not sending spam (which I will NOT do)...current example: <mrpww@aol.com>: host core-mka003a.r1000.mail.aol.com[172.29.102.76] said: 554 5.7.1 Your mail could not be delivered because the recipient is only accepting mail from specific email addresses. If you feel you received this in error, please contact the recipient directly and ask them to check their email settings. (in reply to end of DATA command) ...I have to laugh because I cannot contact the person directly to have them check their mail settings because the only address I have for the person is BOUNCING! Duh! And how much would you like to bet that this person will probably complain loud and long that they wrote to me for help and I NEVER replied to them? I'd bet on it. I'm guessing I'm not the only admin this happens to. Joan