LISTSERV will take care of the standarization for subscribers as long as you get rid of the extraneous stuff in the sub. list (if it says P. Douglas Winship change it to P Douglas Winship or just Douglas Winship) and get rid of the brackets of whatever stripe. I would think that should take care of most of it, especially if you get rid of all initials. However, if you allow posting from nonsubscribers the "name" is going to be whatever it is in the original. At least I think that is how it works. Douglas Douglas Winship Hays County, Texas [log in to unmask] Secondary AUTOCAT Listowner MEDLAB-L