I'm trying to do something unorthodox with SmartList. My distribution list is kept in a flat file by another program that I have to continue to use. However, the format is exactly the same as the format of dist, with the exception that there's no "Only names below this line can be automatically deleted." Unfortunately, that means that none of the addresses can be automatically unsubscribed. What I've tried to do was to unlink dist and accept, delete dist and replace it in the directory with either a soft- or hard-link to the other file. This seems to work with subscribing, but says that the name can't be found to unsubscribe automatically. Is there a way to turn off this feature, so that if the line is missing, ALL addresses in the file can be automatically unsubscribed? Or, if this is not possible, is there another work-around that allows me to use the other file in place of dist? Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions on my problem. -Kevin Zembower ----- E. Kevin Zembower Unix Administrator Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs 111 Market Place, Suite 310 Baltimore, MD 21202 410-659-6139