There's no need to manually add people to a list by fetching a list and using an editor to include the new entries. If you want to add a bunch of people, just put all the ADD LISTNAME USER@NODE lines in a file (prepend the QUIET option if you like). Once you have done so, just mail it to the LISTSERV@HOST, where "host" is the site where the list is housed. It's easier than fetching the list, editting it and mailing it back. Plus you can't screw up the list unintentionally. You can probably make a LISTSERV job that would be more efficient than simply listing the ADD commands sequentially in a file, but that's not my forte. I would argue against maually tweaking the LIST files, since there's no need to do so, and there is some risk of introducing bad information unintentionally, no matter how careful you are. -jj