In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Robert Carr Flanagan) says: >Does anyone know of a mailing list command that will return an indepth >description of a particular listserv? If the list-owner has announced it on NEW-LIST, search the notebook archives. Replace 'listname' below with the name of the list: /* ------------ E-mail to: [log in to unmask] --- */ //ListSrch JOB Echo=no Database Search DD=Rules f=mail //Rules DD * S listname - in new-list where subject does not contain list-of-list index #.5 subject.73 print /* // eoj /* ------------ E-mail to: listserv@ndsuvm1 --------- */ Also, sometimes a 'listname WELCOME' file is available to non-subscribers (at the LISTSERV host site), or is sent to new subscribers e.g., TQM-L WELCOME is an example of the former. -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L [log in to unmask] "My lists are w/o PEERS ;-)" s/me +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA