Vikki, s. keeling, Ron, Thanks for the comments. The MUA is in Oberon and I don't want to abandon it. I read the messages from the Web based archive so there is no question of replying directly to an emessage. When there is time, I can look for a way to incorporate the message id into my reply. Thanks agian, ... Peter E. Desktops.OpenDoc http://carnot.yi.org/