> I tried sending the following to LISTSERV with no success: > > delete * DD=names (netwide > //jim job pw=yankees > //names DD "V073NQA5@UBVMS" > //jim eoj If modern, High-Performance-Option VM JCL acts the same way it did for the ancient, crusty OS/MVT operating system, then the DD card expects some positional and/or keyword parameters, not a literal. > I also tried: > > delete * DD=names (netwide > //jim job pw=yankees > //names DD > "V073NQA5@UBVMS" > //jim eoj //name DD * . . . // says, "Accept as (input) data everything following this DD card, up until the next card beginning with a double slash (//)." /Hugh Pritchard, Systems Programming [log in to unmask] The Catholic University of America Computer Center (202) 635-5373 (An all-DEC shop -- no comment) Washington, DC 20064 USA Disclaimer: My views aren't necessarily those of the Pope. I'm not even Catholic.