Thanks for your note. Someone here (who obviously is NOT in the know) told me that a 1 byte file would work. I created the 1 byte file on the VM system with xedit and then used a utility (LSVPUT) to get it to listserv. Needless to say, this shortcut does not work. When I switched to sending the empty files via mail with the VM mailer, I was able to delete the files. Last time I had this problem the systems people never did figure it out. They finally just deleted the files manually for me. Ah well, live and learn. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = David L. Carlson Anthropology Department Phone: (409) 845-4044 Texas A&M University Telefax: (409) 845-4070 College Station, TX 77843-4352 Internet: [log in to unmask]