Roger offers good advice. While you are issuing commands, you might as well also issue index netnews to see what other files are available from that filelist. Lurker wanabees will also want to issue AFD ADD NETNEWS FILELIST or FUI ADD NETNEWS FILELIST (Don't try this on filelists that have notebooks -- you'll be sorry.) /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