my Hans, Not so much running as freewheeling. The other day I thought mail problems here might have cut me off, so I sent a QUERY CLASSICCMP request to the list server. It said, List CLASSICCMP is locked by owner bskiver(a)u.washington.edu. No list-specific requests can be processed at this time. For further information please contact bcw(a)u.washington.edu bskiver(a)u.washington.edu . So I can't even ask about it, much less do anything. Others have been having similar problems. Philip.