Here's an example single part job. //DT20010116 JOB REPLY-TO="[log in to unmask]",PRIME="MON: 00:00-23:59; TUE: 00:00-22:55" // DISTRIBUTE MAIL-MERGE DBMS=YES(SERVER=SRV) [log in to unmask] PW = MYPW //TO DD * SELECT I_ADDRESS, MyPARAM FROM EMAILLIST WHERE STATUS = 'A' AND (LSOFT_OPTIONS IS NOT NULL) /* //DATA DD *,EOF From: [log in to unmask] Date: &*DATE; Subject: Holy crap! It's a DISTRIBUTE JOB! Reply-to: [log in to unmask] To: &*TO; X-HDR: &*TO; MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Regular old message data .bb (&MyPARAM =* "*PARM1*") or (&MyPARAM =* "*PARM2*") Variable stuff .eb Keith Stone EDS - Airline SOA Production Engineering 5630 University Parkway Winston Salem, NC 27105 ( Phone:+1-336-744-4373(8-436) + mailto:[log in to unmask]