TFM assures me that the broken pipe at the end of an list entry will=20 ensure that it is followed by a non alphanumeric. I have just found=20 that '.' is considered to be an alphanumeric. I had ".mx=A6" to trap Mexico as a list entry and found that AOL have a=20 Received: line ...mx.aol.com. Hasty apologies to my friend. Are there any other sneaky country TLDs? --=20 Dave Keep GMT all year