If you were trying to subscribe yourself to a list, I have been told that you recieve neither the welcome message nor any automatically generatied listserv message generated from the listserv account at the sight of your list. When I was setting up my list, I first subscribed myself, and then discovered that I was added quietly. I sent a message to the list server maintainer and he informed me that listserv is smart enough to know that it doesn't need to send the list owner a welcome message or an automatically generated listserver message. Hope that helps Glenn