Apologies if this is covered in the manuals, but I can't find it anywhere, even though a vague memory persists of having come across it somewhere. Is there a way of sending a blank e-mail message to a special LISTSERV address in order to subscribe to a list, which avoids having to put a SUBSCRIBE line in the body of the message. Perhaps something like <subscribe-listname@domain>? -- Michael Quinion Editor, World Wide Words <[log in to unmask]> <http://www.worldwidewords.org/>