I set up a list and want subscriptions by owner. I also want new members to receive a customized welcome message as well as the standard welcome message when I add them to the list. This is not working. If I set the subscription to open, new subscribers do get two notes upon subscribing. Also, I have a filelist called WELCOME and that's where I put all the customized welcome messages. I have it set so that all can get ITS-L WELCOME and the owner can put the file. Is this so because I forward back a note to LISTSERV and it does an ADD list name userid firstname lastname? GFIERO@SED (518)486-1912