Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! Quick fix for all using external editor & losing fields: After you get fields filled in / altered the way you want them, Save to OUTBOX. That will preserve field data. Go to outbox and use the external editor to work on message there. I know, it's not a cure. But it will give you what you need for the time being. l.d. -- Arachne V1.71;UE01, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ Arachne at FreeLists -- Arachne, The Web Browser/Suite for DOS and Linux --