ml> what message base format are you using for this and any other

 GH> Squish.

excellent... if you're not locked into using native OS/2 programs, then i
do have a solution... two of them, actually... one is another text posting
utility... the other would be a modification to your .BAT file but it would
cause a slowdown in the execution of the .BAT file due to its very
nature...

if you have, and i'm sure you do, web access, grab a copy of my PostIt
program from...

   http://www.wpusa.dynip.com/files3/QCSUTILS/PI_200P.ZIP

i _know_ it'll do the trick... you can do each message posting by
individual command lines in the .BAT file or stuff all of the command lines
into a control file and call postit once... my system uses it every day to
send echomail and netmail... if you read any of the echos that i moderate,
all of the robot postings are done with PostIt ;)

)\/(ark