Hi, Do the welcome and farewell messages have to include a "*" in every line, or just the first line? Also, as the listowner, how can I view the messages the way a subscriber would? This is important because for whatever reason there seems to be formatting changes from when I compose the message in Netscape e-mail, to what actually gets distributed to new members (there seem to be line-spacing irregularities) I've been having a friend subscribe/unsubscribe and then forward a copy to me, but we're both getting tired of this. Thanks for your help, Bret Diamond