x-no-archive:yes Testing out can this work with piclist through. Ling SM From Neat Net Tricks Standard Issue 145, March 15, 2003: AVOIDING THE ARCHIVE. Many avoid the Usenet (Newsgroups) like the plague because it's known to be a rich source of addresses for spammers. Deja News ( http://www.dejanews.com ) maintains an archive of Usenet posts and you can avoid having your posts archived by entering the following (without the quotes) as the first line of the text: "x-no-archive:yes" . -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics