I don't think you need a JOB per se, just an e-mail or file. The registered address of the list-owner sends the following style of text to the listserv e.g., for user1@node1 and user2@node2 the following two-liner file would suffice (the "quiet " is optional): QUIET ADD list-name USER1@NODE1 Joe User QUIET ADD list-name USER2@NODE2 Josephine Userette // EOJ /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