Pete, Thanks for the help. Please clarify the following: Do I have to necessarily HOLD the list, and secondly, do I update before midnight on the 31 of Dec or after, to get the end result I want. Thirdly, I guess the "correct time" is based on what my computer reads and not that of the host server. Thanks, Benegal Pereira > "HOLD" the list very close to the end of the year. Update the list > definition header. Wait for time to change to the next year. "FREE" your > list. > /Pete