I learned a few things from my question about making owners quiet ones and I would like to share that info with all of you. Maybe someone else will benefit from it. Thanks to Mike Ramundo, Melvin Klassen, and Mark Williamson for these lessons. 1. I needed a space between the quiet: and the address. I could have formatted the lines as Owner= owner1,quiet: owner2 or Owner= owner1,quiet:,owner2 or Owner= owner1 Owner= quiet: Owner= owner2 2. Notify= yes can be changed to read Notify= owner1 Either we have found undocumented features, or capabilities at one release of LISTSERV that might not be there for other releases. (I didn't try to change my Notify= keyword - I'm going by faith that it works because someone told me it does). Anyway, my problem is solved and I learned good stuff from asking a question to this list, and I thank you. Ginny Fiero (518) 486-1912 [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Postmaster and LISTSERV Maintainer