Greg, Well, I am getting further toward the goal, but have the following problem (the listserv running this is at 1.7b); ------------------------------ problem follows -------------------------- > PUT veggie recipes1 granola "TITLE=Vegetarian recipes on GRANOLA This is not the proper way to store files - you must send your request along with the replacement file, placing the PUT command in the first record of the file (before the data you want to store). Another possibility is to use the LSVPUT user interface, if you are running VM/CMS. > ============================================================================= == Unknown command -- "=========================================================== ====================". Try HELP. All subsequent commands have been flushed. ------------------------------- problem above --------------------------- what follows are the first lines of the note sent that returned the above error; -------------------------- note with listserv job ------------------ From: Scott Mattes <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] PUT veggie recipes1 granola PW=xxxxx "TITLE=Vegetarian recipes on GRANOLA"