Other than deleting and recreating the list anew. Is there a way to really unlock a list when a message received from listserv says it has unlocked the list but it really has not? See below. thanks, carl eynatian list administrator Univ of Arizona ============== > unlock ombuds The OMBUDS list has been unlocked. It had been locked since 98/03/03 10:00 by Tom Thompson <[log in to unmask]>. Summary of resource utilization ------------------------------- CPU time: 0.070 sec Device I/O: 0 Overhead CPU: 0.040 sec Paging I/O: 30 CPU model: 009151D94C00 > get ombuds (header nolock Sorry, the OMBUDS list has been locked since 98/03/03 10:00 by [log in to unmask] You can unlock it, if needed and after checking with [log in to unmask], by means of an "UNLOCK OMBUDS" command. Summary of resource utilization ------------------------------- CPU time: 0.040 sec Device I/O: 0 Overhead CPU: 0.030 sec Paging I/O: 1 CPU model: 009151D94C00