On Mon, 14 Jul 1997 10:52:43 -0700 Sherry Beauchamp said: >I know that it's possible to use the following syntax for new subscribers: > >ADD LISTNAME [log in to unmask] * > >which will search other lists on the server for the individual's name, and add >it if it finds it. If not, it subscribes them as (No Name Available). The search for the name in other lists (or more, accurately, in LISTSERV's signup files) is always done when a name is not available whether or not you use the *. However, if the name is not found anywhere (on the SUBSCRIBE command, in the mail header or in the signup files) then the * will allow LISTSERV to add the subscriber with (No name available). Another way for a subscriber to be added without a name is to use the SUBSCRIBE <listname> Anonymous form of the command. This will also automatically set the subscriber to CONCEAL. -- Bill Gruber City University of New York COmputer Center