On 9 Sep 97 at 13:13, BRIAN wrote: > is the following the same as a "held" list: > > Sorry, the SBJCNET list has been locked since 96/12/05 > 15:16 by [log in to unmask] Try again later and contact the list owner > if the condition persists. > > If not, how does one unlock it. I tried to "free" it but listserv > kicked back a response stating that the list was not held. any > ideas out there. This means that most likely [log in to unmask] sent a GET SBJCNET (HEAD command to LISTSERV to GET the header -- which locks the list. Since the date is December 5th 1996 I would think it would have been noticed before this as no one can SUBSCRIBE while the list is locked. In any case, if you are sure that they are not making header changes currently then you can simply unlock the list via the UNLOCK SBJCNET command. Hope this helps. Larry __________________________________________________ [log in to unmask] Lawrence B. York Support Engineer, L-Soft international, Inc.