I have had a least one person ask if WHOIS could indicate command completion (eg: 'Command complete") when it is finished. The idea was to allow a program (in this case a MAIL agent) to ask LISTSERV who a userid was if searching through NAMES files failed. Am not sure that this would be desireable in all cases, but am forwarding the idea for consideration. Walter G. Horbert ([log in to unmask]) University of Maine System Computing And Data Processing Services Orono, Maine 04469