Thanks for the hints, everyone. As for GREP --- please advise how to do this command. Thanks, Mel == > > LIST GLOBAL /ING produced the following, which I have cut WAY back since > the output was 700 lines long: > > Network-wide ID Full address List title > --------------- ------------ ---------- > ABSTRACT [log in to unmask] > ACES-L ACES-L@UNBVM1 Atlantic Congress of Engineering Students (F+ > ...etc, etc,.... > > The problem is that LIST GLOBAL /searchcriteria searches the entire file > called LISTSERV LISTS for <any> occurance of the search criteria--listnames > <and> descriptions. So it just isn't going to do what you want it to do. > > My suggestion is simply to LIST GLOBAL and GREP the list for what you > want--RUNNing, SWIMMing, BOATing, etc. >