1) What is the most efficient method of assigning a long string to the 'Send=' keyword in a list header? I have been using multiple 'Send=' statements. I attempted to define a variable in the LOCAL SYSVARS file, such as: STAFF= '(DEPT-1),(DEPT-2)', .... '(DEPT-25),(DEPT-26),user1@node,user2@node' Then, in the list header of each DEPT-xx list 'Send= STAFF' was used. Unfortunately, LISTSERV rejected this assignment in the LOCAL SYSVARS file. 2) If the CACHE file has 1 entry per keyword, am I correct in estimating that the maximun length of the 'Send=' keyword parameter would be constrained by the 256 LRECL of the CACHE file, or can the CACHE file contain multiple keyword entries? Thanks for your responses. Veronica Timm VM/CMS and AS/400 Technical Support York University Toronto, Canada.