I am new to the Internet. So, forgive me if my question is naive. As to sending commands to a LISTSERV, I've read several times some instructions telling to leave the Subject: field blank. I wonder why. 1. If the LISTSERV software doesn't want to get anything from this line, it should not read it. 2. A non blank Subject: line is useful to me. I never throw away my copy of a message I sent out until I get a complete feedback to it. Non blank Subject: lines help me to see at a glance in my "out" folder which subjects are still pending. 3. Last but not least, I seldom left the Subject: line blank when sending commands to LISTSERV's, but *never* had any problem caused by the non blank Subject: line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jean Pierre Wilmotte Universite Catholique de Louvain e-mail : [log in to unmask] SET Service d'Etudes voice : 32-10-47.38.02 Place de l'Universtite, 1 fax : 32-10-47.29.99 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium