>I am confused on how to use the mail merge function of listserv. I want to >put the names (the names may be actual names or membership ID numbers) of >the subscibers in an email. How do I go about doing this? Do I NEED DBMS >support? Or can I do it without that and use a reqular list? If possible, >how would I go about doing a mail merge by itself without the use of DBMS? >We would prefer not to use DBMS and use just a regular list. You can do a list-based mail merge, e.g. //test1 job // DISTRIBUTE MAIL-MERGE DBMS=LIST(listname) PW=??????? , [log in to unmask] //TO DD "1=1" //DATA DD * X-mailed-to: &*to; Date: &*date; From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Testing Owner-MM #1 To: &*to; Dear &name; This is a short test message. *********** This message was mailed to: &*to; To remove yourself from this list write to mailto:[log in to unmask] /* Thanks, -- Jacob Haller, Technical Support L-Soft international, Inc http://www.lsoft.com/