Well ... now that I am back. Here is a section from the original e-mail I got from the list upon subscribing. (Yes, I did save it.) It's obvious it doesn't work this way. Now, there is that ambiguity of just exactly what is "the ecartis account". And my apologies to all who might have gotten the world famous "out of office" automatic reply. TO GO ON VACATION: Send a message to the ecartis account on the server with a subject of "set [listname] vacation". You will remain subscribed to the list but will not receive any eMail as long as this flag is set. To come back from vacation, eMail the ecartis account with a subject of "unset [listname] vacation". > -----Original Message----- > Have a nice vacation. > But, is this a valid command? > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------