It turns out that when I respond to a complaint about something not being listed in RAS by issuing an updareq command only refreshes the material, but still does not solve the issue of updates not happening. I have then to repeat the command later when new material gets added. Christian Zimmermann FIGUGEGL! Department of Economics University of Connecticut 341 Mansfield Road, Unit 1063 Storrs, CT 06269-1063 http://ideas.repec.org/zimm/ christian.zimmermann@uconn.edu http://ideas.repec.org/e/pzi1.html