About the only thing I can think of is to have some e-mail/archiver program subscribed to the various lists that have it make intelligent decisions based upon the various RFC822 headers as to where/how to archive. Alternatively, but probably with its only unique set of problems, do define LISTSERV (sub-)lists each with its own TOPIC areas viz. its name org-x * Topic= dept-a,dept-b,notebook=no dept-a * Topic= dept-a,notebook=YES usera-1 topic: dept-a usera-2 topic: dept-a dept-b * Topic= dept-b,notebook=YES userb-1 topic: dept-b userb-2 topic: dept-b E-mail to all dept-b users would be via the top list: to: org-x subject: dept-b: vacation policies Thus, e-mail to org-x would NOT be archives in org-x filelist but would in dept-b filelist. mail to: org-x subject: ALL: would be sent to all dept's and archived in all dept's filelists. -- co-owner: INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L URL:mailto:[log in to unmask] "Never confuse the messenger with the message"