To delete HUMPTY DUMPTY - First post an empty copy of the file, by sending just the one line: PUT HUMPTY DUMPTY WONDER-L PW=<.....> Then GET WONDER-L FILELIST (CTL delete the entry for HUMPTY DUMPTY from the filelist and send the filelist back (with the PUT line at the top). ............N. --------------------------------------- I am the local owner of a list which is being managed remotely from a non-VM system. We are interested in posting files to the list, and I am now able to post or delete files locally without any difficulties using GET, LSVPUT etc. I am now trying to document for the remote owner how to post or delete files using commands encapsulated in mail. What I can not figure out is how to delete a file. That is, I can locally use LSVPUT ...(DELETE to delete a file from the list. But what is the remote owner on a non-VM system supposed to do.