RW> Brings me to a couple of questions:

 RW> Illegal mask format in line 1 of what file? 

the file your .BAT creates...

[quote]
"\netmsg.rep": if this file exists,
NetMgr will send a message back to the sender of the message that triggered
this action. What is actually done, is an XEMPTYBOUNCE action. For this
action, the netmsg.rep file is used as the body (where the variables like
[from], [to] etc. can be used), 

[MARK'S NOTE] but where the first line of this .rep file is used as the
'mask' for the reply header. [END MARK'S NOTE]

Because it actually _is_ an XEMPTYBOUNCE, it also follows the same
conventions as the XEMPTYBOUNCE action, so it initializes the fields
with a standard reply header, which makes it possible to use a simple
'*, *, *, *, *, *' mask (see XEMPTYBOUNCE action for more info).
The path+name of this variable is available through the variable
[repfile].
[/quote]

the above is out of the WHATSNEW.100 file...

i'm doing a little playing with this and may have more info shortly...

)\/(ark