You'll get some good details on the TOPICS= keyword by e-mailing [log in to unmask] with the following script: /* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */ //ListSrch JOB Echo=no Database Search DD=Rules OUTLIM=5000 f=mail //Rules DD * s topics= in lstown-l since 93 - where sender contains (pmw1 or gerland or eric) index #.5 date.8 sender.30 subject.33 print /* // EOJ /* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */ -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L [log in to unmask] "Are you downsizing or dumbsizing?" +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA