Oh boy! My first suggestion. Here goes. The other day I wanted to retrieve the LSTSRV-L (& -D) notebooks if they indeed existed. So I sent the 'REVIEW LSTSRV-x' command to one of the LISTSERVs, and searched thru the returned headers (of all the LISTSERVs) to find one that kept notebooks. Then I sent a 'INDEX LSTSRV-x' command to the LISTSERV with the notebooks to get the fn & ft of each notebook. Then I tried to 'GET fn ft'. Oh no! I'm not authorized to do that because the GET FAC was 'PRV' and I am not subscribed to the list on this LISTSERV, although I am on another LISTSERV. So I had to send mail to the list owner asking him to send me the notebooks, a boring task for him I'm sure. Could each LISTSERV maintain a list of all the subscribers of a list to solve this problem (of authorization)? Or maybe there is some way to make the whole process easier for the user? /jce