>Would this be correct? >// ADD , >// loooooooooooooong_listname [log in to unmask] Naaaaaaaaaame Middleeeeeeee >// Surnameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee >BTW can we register middle names as well? or company info such as >[log in to unmask] Jonh Smith (XYZ CO) Each '// ' line that is continued needs a comma at the end. The space before the comma is part of the "text" of the command line Specifically for an ADD command, you can use the JOB syntax w/o continuing syntax. Using the JOB style allows more operand space so that perhaps continuation syntax is not required. After the userid@node you require at least two "words" which are usually a firstname and lastname. More than two words are OK, I've fogotten what the total length of userid@node and name length is, but it is certainly "fixed." This abstracted and edited from the LISTOWNR MEMO: ADD listname DD=X //X DD * <user1> <full_name> <user2> <full_name> /* -- 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"