Tom: Many of your basic questions can be answered by the file -- LISTSERV TIPS It is available by issuing a GET to listserv@bitnic and was authored by Lisa Covi, when she worked for CREN. That edition is 1568 lines long and was stored on 12/9/91. Also, have you considered contacting your ListEARN maintainers -- > release LISTEARN, version 1.3 (FIX00012) , managed by: Ulrich Giese <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] /Pete ([log in to unmask]) -- Peter M. Weiss | oas.psu.edu postmaster 31 Shields Bldg -- Penn State Univ.| "Connectivity is more than a Connection" University Park, PA USA 16802-1202 | E. Michael Staman, _The Circuit_, Apr 92