It's just possible that there are two files on LISTSERV's A disk that have the same name. Say for instance you have a README TEXT file and another listowner has a README TEXT file. LISTSERV doesn't call them that--it assigns unique fileids when you update your filelist. But when a user asks for that README TEXT file, LISTSERV has no way to know which filelist to pull it from unless the user says GET README TEXT <listname> That has always been my understanding of how this works; if I'm wrong and Eric has changed something (or if I'm just flat wrong!), I'd love to know the correct explanation.:) BTW, the user <is> incorrect; canonically the command is as noted above. Nathan