On Thu, 24 Aug 1995 18:57:56 +0600 you said: >I want to put a BOTTOM_BANNER on one(or all) of my lists. The text file >looks like this: > > >PUT DOM_BIRD BOTTOM_BANNER PW=XXXXXXXX Here's your problem. The BOTTOM_BANNER is supposed to be a sub-unit of the file listname MAILTPL (in your case, it would be DOM_BIRD MAILTPL). What you've done is PUT a file called DOM_BIRD.BOTTOM_BANNER, which LISTSERV will not recognized. If you don't already have a DOM_BIRD MAILTPL, you should simply change the PUT line to PUT DOM_BIRD MAILTPL PW=XXXXXXXX You must also include a section heading for the bottom banner before the text of the banner: >>> BOTTOM_BANNER Bottom banner for list DOM_BIRD You should take a look at chapter 9 of the List Owner's Manual where this is discussed...Of course this all assumes that your list is running on 1.8b. Nathan