There are hardly any circumstances where you should be including a list of users with the PUT listname. The proper technique (for what you are trying to accomplish) is: GET listname (HEAD (wait for output) (receive output to a file) (update headers in file) LSVPUT (or e-mail as approp) the headers back to LISTSERV QUIET SET listname options FOR userid@node where userid@node can be any valid wild-card notion or explicit. -- co-owner: INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L URL:mailto:[log in to unmask] "This e-mail msg rated NC-17 -- age-proof req."