> I want to make "daily digest" the default for my list. How do > I go about this? I think I need to edit the header, but how? > Do I need to disable anything first? Or do I just edit and > PUT it back? If your list already has a notebook log for messages, then the short answer is: it's already in place. Daily digest is the default for notebooked lists. Otherwise, enter a Digest keyword in your header, such as Digest= Yes,Same,Daily "Same" refers to the disk the notebook is saved on; if there's no notebook log for your list now, you'll need to identify a specific disk in that place. For the long answer, retrieve the notes on release 1.7f by sending the following to LISTSERV@SEARN : // JOB ECHO=NO DATABASE SEARCH DD=A //A DD * S * IN LSTOWN-L.1727 PRINT /* and reading the material on Digests and Indexes (which begins around line 300). If you do need to edit your header and don't know the basics of that, then note the following. Send the command GET listname LIST (HEADER NOL PW=password to your Listserv, with the appropriate listname and password filled in. When the header is retrieved, add the "Digest= " keyword (followed by your selected values) to any of the header lines or to a new line that has a "*" in column one. Then just PUT the header back (having filled in the appropriate password in the PUT command). As the founder of EDS Corp. is fond of saying, "it's just that simple". -- Roger Burns [log in to unmask]