Perhaps if these files had to be manipulated by the site administrator I would agree. But as a matter of fact these are all files that the site administrator MUST NOT TOUCH unless specifically directed to by L-Soft support. Every week we get a support call from someone who decided to edit one of these files for reasons of his own, and now when he does REVIEW things look weird, and will you guess that the backup can't be restored because (...) and this has been fixed but the bottom line is that the file cannot be restored? The current organization is optimal for LISTSERV and I don't see any reason to make it easier for the site administrator to manipulate files that he shouldn't mess with in the first place. Incidentally, if there were one directory per list you would still have 370+ entries in your main directory and would be complaining that they are not organized more hierarchically. Eric