You "assumed" ;-) that the INDEX required the CJCL/SEARCH mechanism. Apparently it does not. It uses the special server userid and you just include (or exclude) the "descriptive" entries from the INDEX distribution in order to effectuate <gosh I luv that word> a full text retrieval. e.g., listname-SEARCH-REQUEST@fqdn -- co-owner: INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L URL:mailto:[log in to unmask] "I get paid by the millisecond"