On Thu, 18 May 89 13:38:19 EDT Noel P. Hart said: The file that gets returned >from a LIST GLOBAL command, how is it created ? Where and how does it get the >names of all the lists ? Thanks /Noel The LISTSERVs that are on the backbone keep this file. These LISTSERVs wake up at certain times (see WAKEPARM FILE) to see if anything has changed as far as lists being changed, added or deleted on that server. If anything has changed, then a distribute job is sent out to all the other backbone servers informing them of the change. This applies changes to the GLOBLIST FILE. If you ever see a file come in with filename of X-LUPD, that is a GLOBLIST update coming on from another server. This is the short of it. There is a protocol by which the LISTSERVs talk to one another, but, unfortunately, this is yet to be documented. Hope this helps. /mrg