Has the procedure for deleting a file (or list) changed in V1.7f? I issued the command LSVPUT SPCEDS-L (DEL just as I thought I used to do and got back the following message: The file you sent back did not contain any header line. A list must start with a header (contiguous lines starting with an asterisk), defining at least a title for the list. You should probably REVIEW another list and use it as a sample. PUT operation rejected, old list remains unchanged. and the file sent back to me by LISTSERV looks like this (even though I didn't send it a file): PUT SPCEDS-L LIST PW= DISTRICT Jim Gerland - Consultant, Network User Support University at Buffalo Academic Services, Computing & Information Technology Buffalo, NY 14260 716.645.3557 Work 716.645.3734 FAX [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]