Section 8.6 of the List Owners manual for 1.8b states that to remove a file from a file list that one first deletes the file, then deletes the entry from the filelist and finally puts the filelist back on the server We are currently on VM running 1.8b, so I did: lsvput filename (delete and was notified that the file had been deleted. I then retrieved the filelist via: tell listserv get listname filelist (ctl and deleted the entry for that file. I then restored the filelist with: lsvput listname filelist (put and receive an error that the first file in the list has now been deleted, put rejected. So how does one remove the entry in a filelist for a deleted file? Many thanks, Jim Cocks -- University of Louisville