In my copious spare time, I am working on a perl script on the Linux box that hosts our LISTSERV 14.4 server. We run LISTSERV with Sendmail, so each time we create a list, it requires that the set of sendmail aliases be created. The way lists get created here is that anyone who wants a new list contacts the help desk. A select few help desk managers have the authority to use the wa CGI to create lists and they have set up some common templates to ease the list creation process. My script runs via a crontab entry every 15 minutes and what it does, it does fine. So the sendmail aliases for each new list get created every 15 minutes. We've been running this process for nearly the past year and it works well, but it still involves more manual effort than we prefer. So, my next step to automate our list creation process is to have my script send notification once each new list's sendmail aliases are available. Specifically, I want to have my script send a new list's owner a message to let him or her know the list is ready. This message will indicate what the list's email address is and how its web site can be accessed. I could always use listview to parse the new list's .list file to get the email address for each owner. That would involve added complication though. What I prefer to do is have my script send email to a generic address such as listname-request, but that address format will cause LISTSERV to request confirmation for each message. The email confirmation requirement is understandable, but its not suitable for this application. These email notifications would be spoofed to come from our help desk's address and I do not want to burden the help desk staff with having to confirm each message, not to mention the fact that it would throw a wrench in my effort to totally automate this part of the list creation process. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can automate these confirmation messages with the least amount of perl programming, I would appreciate learning about you ideas. Thanks, Stan