I did as was suggested and read through the databasse looking for information on the topics keyword. I'm still somewhat confused Let me tell you what I want to do. On each of my four lists, I want to create three topics, ADMIN, FAQ and one for everything else. The reason is that lurkers usually set themself to digest and there is little reason for them to get a copy of the FAQ two a month (high turnover rate, it is needed that often). So if I could set up an FAQ topic and then those who don't want the FAQ could SET listname TOPIC -FAQ (if I have the syntax right). BUT(!!), it is my understanding that the topics command doesn't apply to people on digest. Is this the case, and if so, is there possible another way around that? One thing I thought of, maybe, was to decrease the digest size to something smaller than the FAQ size (say 600 lines). Thus, when the FAQ was released, it would be in a mailing by itself and they could easily delete it without having to page through the digest looking for other materials (which is the biggest complaint). Would that work? If so, how would you implement a size-limited digest (or even, can you?) Thanks for your time, everyone. ____ Robert A. Hayden <=> [log in to unmask] \ /__ -=-=-=-=- <=> -=-=-=-=- \/ / Finger for Geek Code Info <=> In the United States, they \/ Finger for PGP 2.3a Public Key <=> first came for us in Colorado... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- (GEEK CODE 1.0.1) GAT d- -p+(---) c++(++++) l++ u++ e+/* m++(*)@ s-/++ n-(---) h+(*) f+ g+ w++ t++ r++ y+(*)