On Wed, 1 May 2002, Ben Parker wrote: > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:20:33 -0400, Stan Horwitz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >then write the output back to the original file, > > Direct writing to LISTSERV *.LIST files is not supported by L-Soft and is > STRONGLY discouraged. Fatal corruption of the *.LIST file is certain in > approx. 99.99999% of the time. Only if Listserv is up and running. I should have stated this in my suggestion, but Listserv must be shut down while this process runs.