I'd not worry too much about the spammers misusing the new listserv web search engine specifically. There are a number of others out there already, although not quite as nice as Eric's of course, to say nothing of the printed resources. Plenty of spammers know how to grab one or more of the lists of lists and search it with xedit, their word processor, grep, or whatever. Those aren't as elegant, of course, but would serve their purposes too. Thanks, Eric. dan Dan Lester, Network Information Coordinator Albertsons Library, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725 USA [log in to unmask] http://cyclops.idbsu.edu/ How can one fool make another wise? Kansas, "No One Together," 1979