You can have LISTSERV issue GIVE commands to itself in a list exit on the VM version of LISTSERV. 'CP MSG * GIVE EXTRA WELCOME TO whomever' Where whomever is one of the input parameters to the exit. I used to do that when SU still had a VM system. For one list the "EXTRA WELCOME" was a reference to a package. -- Glenn A. Malling <[log in to unmask]> Syracuse University Computing Services +1 (315) 443-4111 220 Machinery Hall Syracuse, New York 13244-1260 Postmaster for SUnix and LISTSERV.