When requesting files from the LISTSERV, the parameter F=MAIL will assure that the file is sent as mail rather than as a file. Is there however, any way to request that the results of a database search are sent as mail? I can't find any reference to this in the manual. One member of our list is on a VAX system but claims that he only has access to the MAIL prompt when he logs on. He therefore doesn't have the means to "Receive" the netdata file which needs to be done from the "$" prompt. Cheers, --Tom Robb, Manager, TESLHELP (TESL-L helpline) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ /Thomas N. Robb, Ph.D. [log in to unmask]\ < Professor [log in to unmask] > \Kyoto Sangyo University +81-720-44-7303 (Fax)/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/