A seemingly brute-force option for entering large numbers of subscribers is to use a text editor like BBEdit to search-and-replace an existing database. I recently moved two majordomo lists to Listserv, and I simply changed every [Return] character in the majordomo file to something like [List] Subscriber[Return]quiet add [list] which would turn something like [Return] [log in to unmask] [Return] [log in to unmask] [Return] [log in to unmask] [Return] into quiet add [list] [log in to unmask] [List] Subscriber [Return] quiet add [list] [log in to unmask] [List] Subscriber [Return] quiet add [list] [log in to unmask] [List] Subscriber [Return] Now, the advantage to doing this is that subscribers previously on digest can stay that way: Do the same manipulation to all your [list]-digest subscribers (majordomo considers [list] and [list]-digest separate, if you can believe that), then do another search-n-replace to send commands like quiet set [list] digest for [log in to unmask] [Return] quiet set [list] digest for [log in to unmask] [Return] quiet set [list] digest for [log in to unmask] [Return] I just wish I'd known of the * operator to skip the person's actual name. No matter: I've instructed subscribers to REGISTER their own names, and those who don't bother probably don't give a damn. It worked just fine for the two lists. One thing to look out for: You as listmanagerboy or -girl may be subscribed to [list] and [list]-digest both. Make sure you don't inadvertently set yourself to digest in the last step. -- Joe Clark [log in to unmask] <http://www.interlog.com/~joeclark>