>> 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. >If you send the request by mail, the response is by mail. (...) It is useful in the VM/CMS environment to send a FILE to LDBASE and have its output returned as e-mail. Why? because you might already be composing an e-mail (and on my system, I can only easily do one e-mail at a time) and you can still edit/SEND a FILE while composing the note. To search for all of Natalie's mail (for Dec) to lstown-l, and have it returned as e-mail, send the following FILE to listserv@searn: /* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */ //ListSrch JOB Echo=no Database Search DD=Rules f=mail //Rules DD * S * in lstown-l since dec where sender contains maynor index date.8 sender.25 subject.45 print /* // EOJ /* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */ /Pete ([log in to unmask]) -- co-owner LDBASE-L, TQM-L, CPARK-L, et -L -- Peter M. Weiss "The 'NET' never naps" +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA