On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:46:31 +0100, Siegfried Schmitt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > get listname (header > >and unlock it immediately afterwards by the command > > unlock listname > >the result cannot be predicted. Well unless you are looking to do this the hard way, the documented way to accomplish this is GET listname (HEAD NOLOCK Which will return the Header with the list in a 'unlocked' state.