I've been able to define my filelist called VMS and have even written an LSVPUT.COM for VMS which allows me to store the files. My question is: I have these lines in VMS FILELIST: * *+ VXC= GERLAND@UBVMS *+ VXC= PW=VMSPASS * But whenever I send LISTSERV an IND VMS command from some other userid, it sends me the filelist but is not stripping out the PW= line. I know I must be doing something wrong. Can anyone help? Also, this VMS FILELIST is ugly in that it is made up of entries like: MAKE SHAR1_5 MAKE SHAR2_5 MAKE SHAR3_5 MAKE SHAR4_5 MAKE SHAR5_5 I know it's possible to define these as MAKE PACKAGE but how? Can anyone give me a brief tutorial or examples? Thanks in advance. ----------- Jim Gerland SUNY/Buffalo Postmaster University Computing Services [log in to unmask] State University of New York at Buffalo [log in to unmask] Buffalo, NY 14260 (716) 636-3557