Sometimes a potential subscriber asks me for a description of my list, and rather than telling them to take the extra step of sending INFO <listname> I will send them info myself by sending GIVE <info-filename> [log in to unmask] But with this set up, every time I might alter the info file I've written, I must also separately alter the MAILTPL file for the INFO template. I wish that MAILTPL templates could imbed text from external files on the Listserv rather than only from other segments within the MAILTPL file. That is, I wish that .im or some similar command could import text from a file such as FILENAME FILETYPE LISTNAME. That way, I could just update the filename, and know that by that same step I have also in effect updated the MAILTPL template (if it refers to that file via .im or whatever). In addition to INFO, this might also be useful for a questionnaire within ADDREQ1. Thanks for your attention. -- Roger Burns [log in to unmask]