Not sure I believe "too big"; perhaps there's some other problem with the alias. Note the "To:" address below: Date: 2000年9月19日 14:37:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Your new mailing list: test From: mailman-owner at angus.west.sun.com To: thisisareallylongemailaddress at angus.west.sun.com X-BeenThere: test at angus X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 List-Id: <test.angus> The mailing list `test' has just been created for you. The following is some basic information about your mailing list. Your mailing list password is: > Hello! >> I've found some strange bug in the newlist command... if the > owner email is too big, it does not warn the owner with the normal > mail... >> With: albie at alfarrabio.um.geira.pt > it does'nt work > With: jj at eremita.di.uminho.pt > it works!!