> I do understand this explanation except the DD part. What is this > ddname mentioned above? Would that be a database part that I would > have to setup first or the people at the host where our list is > running? The ddname is just any arbitrary name. The DD=ddname on the ADD command just has to have the same "ddname" as is used on the //ddname DD line. This indicates that the part between: //ddname DD * and /* represents the data for the ADD command that refers to DD=ddname. Francoise