okay patricia and willie i'm sharing this with the list membership not to embarass you but to encourage all who may be a tad intimidated by computers etc we need to fix a couple of things first though SET PARKINSN NOMAIL is absolutely correct! but it needs to go into the message 'body' area right here where i am typing, and not in the 'subject header', which is where you put it [you can just copy it into the 'body' area; the listserv computer does not even look at the 'subject header'] second, your 'command' message needs to be sent to the listserv computer address and not to the parkinsn list membership which is the address you used, so change the 'to' address from: [log in to unmask] to this instead: [log in to unmask] and now you should be cooking with gas! complete instructions, along with sample messages, are in the PIEnet section of my website [see below] if at first you don't succeed, ... janet acting list-mom janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada a new voice http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ [log in to unmask]